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Motivation in Private Piano Instruction for Adolescents: A Social-Cognitive Analysis of Piano Pedagogy
Social cognitive training for piano teachers in the United States is limited, forcing teachers to learn as they go. While some teachers develop the skills to become effective motivators, others struggle to learn these ... -
Moving Together: Sameness, Difference, and Ownership in the Seattle-Guinean Drum and Dance Scene
In this dissertation, I use interpretive lenses from ethnomusicology, as well as from tourism and ritual studies, to analyze data derived from two years of ethnographic research in the Pacific Northwest of the United States ... -
Mpingo and woodwind instrument making : does it have a future?
(2004)Dalbergia melanoxylon sometimes known as grenadilla, African blackwood, or by its Swahili name, mpingo, is an extremely important part of woodwind instrument making, particularly for flutes, piccolos, oboes, English horns, ... -
Music and media in the Dutch East Indies: Gramophone records and radio in the late colonial era, 1903-1942
(2013-07-25)This dissertation is intended as an ethnomusicological contribution to the history of music and media in Indonesia. It deals with topics and resources that have never been systematically examined for this region: gramophone ... -
The music methods class: acquisition of pedagogical content knowledge by preservice music teachers
(1994)This study examined preservice teachers' acquisition and development of pedagogical content knowledge as affected by instructional experiences in a music methods course. The investigation considered informants' changes in ... -
Musical Humility: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Competitive High School Jazz Band
In any form, musical participation is an intimately social activity. Yet, as musicians unflinchingly commit their fullest selves to shared musical collaborations, the natural human penchant for self-interest inevitably ... -
THE MUSICAL LIFE AND CONDUCTING PEDAGOGY OF PETER ERŐS
(2013-07-25)Maestro Peter Erős led a 54-year career of international distinction as a conductor of symphony orchestras, opera, and ballet. He conducted over one hundred different ensembles in twenty-four countries, spanning six ... -
New Korean Voices: Three Female Composers and Their Works
This study is among the first to explore South Korean female composers’ recent achievements in the choral music community, along with the legacy of the male-dominated environment that has impeded the acknowledgement of ... -
New View of Musical Meaning in Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 110
The interpretation of classical music has primarily focused on structuralist analysis. Previous studies have mainly addressed aspects such as form, major and minor mode, and tonal harmony. However, when an analysis takes ... -
Nineteenth century music for cello and piano in the British Library Collection: an annotated catalogue
(1994)This volume is an annotated catalogue of nineteenth century music for cello and piano in the British Library collection. There are over one thousand pieces that fall into this category, representing the work of six hundred ... -
The noels of the eighteenth-century French organ school
(1980)The noels of the eighteenth-century French organ school were based on religious songs, folk-like in nature, which were sung in the vernacular at the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass. By the seventeenth century, instrumental ... -
"Now sing from the mouth and from the heart": The Spiritual Folksongs of Cyrillus Kreek
(2013-07-25)Estonia is a country with a rich history full of music, singing, and ancient traditions. The Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962) had a passion for the folk songs and traditions of his country, as he collected them, ... -
Oboebasics.com A Modern Method for Oboe Embouchure
(2012-09-13)University of Washington Abstract Oboebasics.com A Modern Method for Oboe Embouchure Jennifer Elise Muehrcke Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Steven Morrison Music This dissertation presents a method for ... -
On Jazz Analysis: Schenker, Salzer, and Salience
(2013-11-14)This dissertation explores the significance of the Salzerian analytical tradition with respect to both the Western classical and jazz idioms. The first half investigates issues of salience and subjectivity in both ... -
One Hundred Years of the Concert Marimba: American and Japanese Innovation and Convergence, 1915 to 2014
The United States and Japan are the two main contributors to the development of the concert marimba and its repertoire. There is an account in each country about how the concert marimba developed, but each is missing the ... -
Online-based Collegiate Wind Conducting Pedagogy in the Pandemic Era
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly affected instructional practices at universities around the world, necessitating mostly virtual instruction for safety reasons. Particularly impacted were the performing arts, which often rely ... -
The original solo piano works of Mily Balakirev
(1983)I. The purpose of the present study is to examine the original solo piano works of Mily Balakirev and, thereby, to discover their significance in the history of Russian music and to establish their value in the piano ... -
P'ungmul Kut (Percussion Music Rituals): Integrating Korean Traditions with Modern Identities
While exploring the relationships between tradition, modernity, and identity, I focus on <italic>p'ungmul kut</italic>, which are Korean rituals featuring percussion music and dance. Although <italic>p'ungmul kut</italic> ... -
Path of Miracles: A 21st-Century Conductor’s Guide to Joby Talbot’s Choral Masterpiece
Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles has established its place in the Western choral music canon, receiving numerous accolades from critics, audiences, and performers alike. The piece has been recorded by two of the world’s ...