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Aaron Copland's Symphonic Use of Brass Instruments

Description: Traditions in orchestration can be described by relating the practices of most of the important composers of a particular time. This was done with great success by two composers of the nineteenth century, Hector Berlioz and Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, in their books on orchestration. These texts are the basis for the traditional uses of brass instruments appearing in the chapter.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Hasty, Patrick R. (Patrick Robert)
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Sinfonietta

Description: Sinfonietta is a one-movement piece for full symphony orchestra. The work contains five themes, three of which are the more important. The remaining two are subordinate because they are shorter, and not as fully developed as the A themes. A diagram of the form of the piece is shown on the following page as Figure 1. The duration of the work is approximately 14 minutes.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Morgan, Bob, 1941-
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Organ Compositions on the Motive B A C H

Description: Since the time of Johann Sebastian Bach many musical compositions have been written on the letters of his last name. In German musical notation, these letters are the equivalents of out B flat, A, C, and B natural. This study traces the use of this motive in works written for the organ throughout the past two centuries. The discussion in these chapters has been an attempt to illustrate the use of the motive B A C H in organ compositions from before the time of Bach up to the present. Time limit… more
Date: August 1965
Creator: Stegall, Ruth Ellen
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New York Cycle

Description: New York Cycle consists of the settings of three poems for bass-baritone voice and eight instruments. The poems, each of which serves as the basis for one movement, are "The East River's Charm" by Samuel Bernard Greenberg, "Brooklyn Bridge" by Vladimir Mayakovsky, and "The Skyscraper Loves Night" by Carl Sandberg. The instrumentation employed consists of two French horns, vibraphone, timpani, and string quartet.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Ehle, Robert C.
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Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

Description: Like the trumpet concertos of Haydra and Hummel, the present concerto for trumpet and orchestra is set in the classical plan of three movements: fast, slow, and fast. The total duration is approximately twenty minutes. The instrumentation of the orchestra, reveals an ensemble of moderate proportions.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Tull, Fisher
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Three Movements for Orchestra

Description: The two purpose of this paper are to present an abbreviated study of the following three movements for orchestra, and to examine two different aspects of serial techniques used in the first and last movements respectively. Each movement is basically in the same A B A form; each, however, represents an entirely different approach to composition. Of course there are areas common to all three movements (melodic content, fragmentation, orchestration), and it is hoped that a stylistic continuity is … more
Date: August 1965
Creator: Warfield, Gerald
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A Comparison of the Leschetizky and Whiteside Methods of Piano Technique

Description: The idea for this investigation was inspired by the writer's attempt to acquire a more complete knowledge of piano teaching techniques. It is hoped that this report will challenge musicians of all ranks to delve further into the subject and investigate other methods of technique not included in this report.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Wilkinson, Alice Faye
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The Isolated Individual in the Novels of Carson McCullers

Description: The theme of isolation in some degree is drawn through every character in every novel by Carson McCullers. This thesis examines the works of McCullers and the ideas of loneliness and isolation in her works and in her life.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Smith, Kyle A.
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A Study of the Relationship between the Running Broad Jump and the Standing Broad Jump and of the Validity of the Three Trial Method

Description: The investigation proposes a comparative study to determine whether or not there is a relationship between the running broad jump and the standing broad jump based upon the results of the performances of two hundred and seventy girls enrolled in Jefferson Junior High School, Abilene, Texas, and to determine whether or not one of the three allowed performances consistently results in the greatest distance.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Sneed, Clara Janis
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Thermomagnetic Effects in Antimony at 4.2 [degrees]K

Description: The purpose of this investigation was to study the thermoelectric effects in a single crystal of antimony at liquid-helium temperatures.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Taaffe, Thomas J.
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Contributions of Early Amerian Sociologists to Social Gerontology

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the writings of early American sociologists for attitudes and theoretical ideas concerning aging which individually and collectively have formed the basis for current social theory in gerontology.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Teague, Richard L.
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The Unheeded Voices: A Look at Four Mid-Century American Poets

Description: The purpose of this study is to examine the position of twentieth century American poetry at the mid-point of the century to ascertain whether contemporary poetry--poetry written in the fifties and sixties--has been justly relegated to the obscure position which it now occupies.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Thames, Hugh Don
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Alexander Kerensky and the Kornilov Affair

Description: This thesis describes the Kornilov Affair and the people involved, especially Alexander Kerensky.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Tompkins, Rosemary Colborn
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Theory and Methods in Determining the Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a Matrix

Description: In the numerous problems of matrix algebra, one finds the problem of determining the eigenvalues of eigenvectors of a matrix quite frequently. The theory and methods leading to the solution of the eigenvalue and eigenvector problem are of considerable interest. The relation between vector spaces, matrices, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors is to be considered in this chapter, with particular concentration directed toward the eigenvalues and eigenvectors shall be developed in the following chapter… more
Date: August 1965
Creator: Waldon, Jerry Herschel
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Amino Acid Complexes of Rhodium(III)

Description: This thesis will explore and study rhodium, a group VIII element that has rarely been studied.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Waller, James F.
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Some Properties of the Cantor Set

Description: The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the properties of the Cantor set and to extend the idea of this set to metric spaces, in general, and to other sets of real numbers and sets in N-dimensional Euclidean space, in particular.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Ward, Jo Alice
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The Existential Predicament as Theme in the Novels of Alberto Moravia

Description: The phrase "existential predicament" is a summary of Moravia's preoccupation as a novelist. In his fiction there is constant, unrelenting obsession with the situation of a single, particular character confronting, through his own existence in a physical, historical setting, the forces or powers of negation which threaten him with the frightening personal awareness of the possibility, even inevitability, of his own dissolution into nothingness.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Young, Gene Herman
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Treatment of the American Businessman in the Novels of Theodore Dreiser

Description: The novels of Theodore Dreiser are notably rich in their picture of the operations of American business. The lives of all of the protagonists of these novels are shown to be influenced if not determined by the practices or conventions of our business system.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Zehentmayr, Aurelia
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Little Rock Crisis

Description: This thesis explores the events and repercussions surrounding the desegregation of schools in Arkansas, including an analysis of the Little Rock incident.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Jeffery, Gretchen M.
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