Top Research Papers on Music

In the closing pages of my book Music as Cognition I called upon a distinction between long-standing and honorable practices that are colloquially referred to as arts-such as cuisine, vintnery, tea-blending, and perfumery-and the true or formal arts, notably music, art, and dance.1 The distinction, I wrote, rests in the fact that tea-blending and perfumery have everything to do with sensation and perception, or the receipt through the senses of matters presented to them, while the formal arts have more to do with cognition, that is, with thinking and with ideas. But music, I believe, is alone ...

ONE of the most enterprising ventures in the gramophonerecord market of recent months has been the issue of several notable items from the German catalogue of Cantate, available through the firm of Novello, 160 Wardour St, W.i. These records provide authentic and often outstanding performances of organ and choral music ancient and modern.Robert Kobler's account of some preludes on the chorale Da Jesus an dem Kreuze Stand by Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654.) is mainly for the specialist and is played on the eighteenth-century organ at Herford Minster. The sleeve-jacket accompanying the disc (T71880F)...

The Department of Music aims to broaden the exposure to and enrich the understanding of the various Western, non-Western, and vernacular musical traditions of the world. Courses develop students’ ability to analyze works and their structures; to understand music within historical lineages and socio-cultural practices; and to engage in the creative practice of music via composition and performance. The BA program in music provides a critical foundation for graduate work in music studies, careers in media production, education, or research, and provides an artistic, humanistic complement to stud...

The music major provides aspiring musicians and/or scholars with a wide range of ways to think about music and to concentrate on the aspects of music that most interest them—from popular and world music to computer music.

ABSTRACT From the very beginning there was sound, be it bang, Om, or Logos. Research reveals that plants as well as animals use sound to communicate. We live in a world of sound, be it from earth or sky, tides or storms, katydids or chickens. It informs us that a car or train is near or that a gardener or carpenter is at work. It lets us know if we are in danger, gives us means to express our emotions and values, and expresses our fantasies, visions, and images. Sound is the stuff of attachment and we learn to listen even before we are born. It touches us in our core, links us to one another i...

Albert Roussel, Aria for Flute and Piano, edited by Thies Roorda, Broekmans and Van Poppel, Amsterdam, 1988. In his works for the flute, Albert Roussel (1869-1937) reveals the influences both of the impressionistic tradition and his teacher Vincent d’Indy who returned to the classical period for his inspiration. The present composition is an arrangement of the second of two vocaleses with piano accompaniment, first published by A. Leduc (Paris, 1929). Although the piece does not demand great technical facility, it does require a sensitivity to rubato and tone colour. Much like Debussy’s Syrinx...

The music major provides aspiring musicians and/or scholars with a wide range of ways to think about music and to concentrate on the aspects of music that most interest them—from popular and world music to computer music.

on the lives of and the depictions of their lives in film during the century. The provides both an introduction to film analysis and music history biography. In the last module, we will examine the canon of Western art music composers and consider historiographical issues along lines of gender, race, and other American demographics within this inherited tradition--all toward a collaborative final project.

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The School of Music is a department in the College of Arts and Sciences that offers instruction to those who want professional training in music as well as those who wish to pursue music as a vocation. Applied music instruction in piano, voice, string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments is offered for beginning and advanced students. Elementary and advanced courses are given in music theory and composition. The appreciation, literature and history of music are covered by survey and specialized courses. Undergraduate and graduate courses are offered in music education. The school has be...

Hugo Rodas e a música

To be accepted as a music major, both freshmen and transfer students must successfully complete an audition on their major applied instrument, complete The Undergraduate Placement Examination in Music Theory, and be evaluated in keyboard skills. Prospective students should contact the School of Music for information on specialized programs, as well as dates and times for The Undergraduate Placement Examination in Music Theory.

To be accepted as a music major, both freshmen and transfer students must successfully complete an audition on their major applied instrument, complete The Undergraduate Placement Examination in Music Theory, and be evaluated in keyboard skills. Prospective students should contact the School of Music for information on specialized programs, as well as dates and times for The Undergraduate Placement Examination in Music Theory.

but green’ teacher, my experience warns me that seemingly simple activities could be disastrous, e.g. (p. 70) -’invite a child to accompany the ... singing activities on an autoharp or guitar’. I should not expect a teacher to use an autoharp to accompany Frère Jacques with two chords without previous instruction; and to expect a child to do it, from chord indications on top of the words is to tempt fate! This opens up my central dilemma when confronted with worthy endeavours like Feel the Beat. This is quite simply that, in the hands of

John Stevenson & Majorie Porterfield, Rhythm and Pitch: An Integrated Approach to Sightsinging. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1986, 298 pp. In this publication Stevenson and Porterfield have attempted to formulate a music reading text for tertiary students that carefully grades exercises in both rhythm and pitch. They believe that often, ’difficult rhythmic elements are incorporated much too early in the study of music reading.’ Each unit contains explanations of the rhythmic and melodic elements which are to be

Music courses are designed to develop an understanding and appreciation of music as an art, and to prepare the student for composing, teaching, performing, and advanced work in music. Students majoring in music may specialize their studies in curricular tracks including Composition, History, Jazz, Performance, and Theory, or pursue studies that balance these areas with the Standard track. A student who enters Whitman without any prior college-level preparation in music will have to complete 36 credits to fulfill the requirements for each of the tracks. Proficiency in piano is required of all s...

Music was a ubiquitous feature of life in Graeco-Roman antiquity and musical performance often took place in ritual settings. Singing and instrumental performance played a key role in many socio-religious contexts, including communal meals, religious ceremonies, and other social gatherings. Communal singing and instrumental performance were both vital components of many ritual practices and these performative acts served as an essential communicative medium for the expression of religious belief, emotional disposition, and group identity. Musical practice within the context of ritualized setti...

This promising work reflects the composer's awareness of the cello idiom in his choice of passagework and in writing an accompaniment (judging from the piano reduction) that allows for a focus on the solo. It is extremely challenging for the cellist with an extensive range, frequent motion from the low to the high extremities, extensive chordal passages, and rhythmic activity with changing tempos and meters. Even though passages lie well for the instrument, it requires advanced technique and control of the full range of the cello as the player becomes accustomed to this composer's reiterate se...

A musician and a mathematics educator create and implement a set of elementary school lessons integrating music and math. Students learn the basics of music theory including identifying notes and learning their fractional values. They learn about time signatures and how to determine correct note values per measure. Students are motivated by listening to popular culture music such as Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber and clapping to the beat. The culminating activity involves students creating their own four-bar phrase using their knowledge of time signature, note values, and fraction addition. Fin...

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