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Music and Dance Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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(University of Oregon, 2010-12)Throughout history, wondrous discoveries of science, like great pieces of music, have often come about through extraordinary feats of creativity, informed by deep rational thought yet not limited by it. Like science, music ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-12)The Two Trees is a fifteen-minute musical composition for orchestra. Inspired by William Butler Yeats' poem of the same name, the piece depicts the images described by Yeats' poetic narrative through a double theme and ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)The synthetic, historically sensitive, analytic method of this dissertation illuminates relationships between pattern and meaning in François Couperin's Pièces de Clavecin --character pieces firmly rooted in traditions of ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-09)The rising popularity of the use of "contemporary music" for worship in Christian churches has created an ever-growing body of music professionals who, coming largely from a rock-influenced folk idiom, are often untrained ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)Suite of Roads is an orchestral suite comprising of two contrasting movements. This work explores and develops my original musical ideas in regard to the nature of roads and their role in connecting individuals and ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)Everything That Rises Must Converge is a work for piano and orchestra in one movement. It is structured in three main sections preceded by an introduction, which resembles a traditional three-movement concerto reduced ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)Through a review of literature and interviews with physical therapists specializing in dance, hip and low back injuries common to dancers are described and options for treatment are discussed. Injuries include internal ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)My research identifies critical thinking as an essential component of dance training for students of all ages and abilities, particularly students K-12. This project strategizes ways in which the studio dance teacher can ...
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Collaborative Dance Community: Crafting, Distilling, and Articulating Language of Shared Experience (University of Oregon, 2010-06)This qualitative and experiential research focuses on the nexus of language with educational and artistic goals within dance communities. The study shares descriptive language identified during my Master of Fine Arts ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-12)Despite the immense popular and critical response given to the Harry Potter narrative and phenomenon, little has been written about the music for the Harry Potter films. I establish that the aesthetic differences that ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-09)This descriptive study collected both qualitative data and quantitative data to gain an increased understanding of changes in interns and cooperating teachers during student teaching in music. Five dyads consisting of an ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-06)American composer Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) published twelve operatic works during his career. Eight of these staged productions were written between the years 1959 and 1969. During these ten years Hovhaness immersed ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-06)When published 1836, Chopin's first Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, was not only the first instrumental ballade of his own, but also the first ballade ever written without words. Since Chopin himself never disclosed any ...
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(University of Oregon, 2006-12)The main purpose of the study was to examine the effects of learning songs by ear in multiple keys on skills in playing by ear and sight-reading. Secondary purposes of the study were to explore the effects of instruction ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-09)As a prolific song composer whose works span the development of the French song cycle, Massenet is worthy of close examination. To date, analyses of his songs have included a cursory glance by Frits Noske and a review ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-09)In the summer of 1996 the 1st Annual DanceAbility Teacher Training was offered by Alito Alessi in Eugene, Oregon. In the past 13 years 265 people have completed the teacher training and are certified instructors of the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-09)Essay for Orchestra is a one-movement concert piece scored for full orchestra. Since the definition of the genre "orchestral essay" is unclear, the composer has considerable latitude while still claiming a connection to ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-06)The purpose of this study was to identify and define the essential characteristics of hip hop dance. Hip hop dance has taken many forms throughout its four decades of existence. This research shows that regardless of the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-06)The genre "Sinfonia Concertante" typically features one or more solo instruments interacting with an accompanying orchestra. It is neither a concerto nor a formal symphony, but a hybrid of the two. In this composition, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2008-09)Medieval Aquitaine was a vibrant region in terms of its politics, religion, and culture, and these interrelated aspects of life created a fertile environment for musical production. A rich manuscript tradition has ...
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