In the study of the violin, teacher and student are involved in an on-going process of identifying, analyzing and overcoming technical and musical obstacles on the way to complete mastery of the instrument. Etudes often bridge the gap between exercises and "real music," and, as such, are extremely valuable as a step to mastering various playing skills in a musical setting. Nevertheless, without an encyclopedic memory, a teacher may find it difficult to locate appropriate etudes for an individual student with a specific technical problem.The charts from this study are designed to be used as an aid in locating and assigning etudes to students based upon their grade level and the technical difficulty they are having. The etudes selected were determined by their availability in three or more published editions to be those most commonly used.First, each etude was assigned a grade level. Next, each etude was catalogued by performance difficulty. Each performance category was carefully defined and limited. Finally, the writer determined whether the performance problem being studied was a "primary" difficulty of that etude, or whether the problem existed as a "secondary" component.After determining the technical difficulty to be studied, a violinist may consult the list of etudes addressing that particular difficulty. The list of etudes is organized from the simplest to the most difficult, and for each etude it is noted whether the problem is of primary (P) or secondary (S) importance. Finally, each etude is cross-referenced with other technical problems, and a teacher or student may make the decision whether to study the problem in isolation or in conjunction with other technical difficulties. / School of Music

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Illinois. / Published also in Publications of the Illinois state historical library and in the Illinois historical collections, volume II. A history of the southern part of Illinois and the adjacent territory (made a county by Va. in 1778) from Clark's conquest to the organization of the Northwest Territory. Bibliography: p. [147-152].

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Illinois. / Published also in Publications of the Illinois state historical library and in the Illinois historical collections, volume II. A history of the southern part of Illinois and the adjacent territory (made a county by Va. in 1778) from Clark's conquest to the organization of the Northwest Territory. Bibliography: p. [147-152].

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-267).

Thesis (D.L.S.)--Columbia University, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-185).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Kansas State University, 1991. / Includes bibliographical reference (leaves 165-181).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-267).

Thesis (D.L.S.)--Columbia University, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-185).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Kansas State University, 1991. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical reference (leaves 165-181).

Maintaining a fair balance between individuals’ interests and the public interest is arguably believed to be the most effective approach in serving the ultimate objective of copyright: to promote social, economic and cultural development for the benefit of both rightsholders and the public at large. Through this balanced approach, creativity can be maximised and thrive better than by tilting towards one or the other. In copyright law, such balance is reflected by the way in which the short-term grant of exclusive rights respects the long-term public interest represented by limitations and exceptions to copyright. Despite an unclear and non-uniform definition and scope, the importance of the public interest has been implicitly and explicitly recognised through disparate forms of safeguards in different jurisdictions. However, the last few decades have seen a rapid development of information technologies which, in turn, has contributed to an unparalleled legislative drive at international level towards overprotecting the interests of rightsholders. This has then left the public interest under-protected and now constitutes an imbalance of copyright. This thesis therefore examines legislative intervention into the international copyright regime in an attempt to ensure that the public interest is uniformly and mandatorily safeguarded at international level. In particular, it strives to establish an overarching public interest defence capable of protecting certain aspects of public values embedded in copyright works. In achieving this, the thesis examines the scope of the defence, what it should entail, and what aspects are to be taken into account in the course of formulating and giving effect to the defence. The substantive chapters investigate the public policy grounds, the right to freedom of expression and the international three-step test, i.e. the roles they play in shaping the latitude and operations of the defence, respectively. Finally, the thesis also evaluates different ways in which the defence can be incorporated into the international copyright regime in order to effectively counterbalance the rightsholder-centric tendency and restore the balance of copyright.