The thesis of this study is that there were three general styles of horn playing in the music of the classic period. The most basic horn style was closely related to the hunting horn as it was played in the field, and it is therefore termed the hunting-horn style. The use of hand stopping as a systematic technique broadened the melodic capability of the natural horn and brought about a school of performers who played in what is referred to as the hand-horn style. The hand-horn style in the classic period was essentially an extension of the hunting-horn style, retaining much of the musical character of the hunting horn. In addition to these two styles, the high-tessitura clarino style, which had been especially important in the trumpet and horn music of the late-baroque period, continued to be used in the classic period in a form consistent with the style characteristics of the later-eighteenth century.It is argued that the clarino style of the baroque period represents an adaptation of the natural brass instrument to a preconceived musical style. Most of the horn music of the classic period, on the other hand, is expressly suited to the acoustical properties of the natural instrument. It appears, in fact, that the introduction of the hunting horn into the orchestra influenced the classic style in its formative stages. At the same time, the cultural and musical trends of the eighteenth century were especially receptive of the innate musical qualities of the natural horn.A section of the fourth chapter, which deals with hand horn, treats at some length a phenomenon which has been noticed by other writers: the scarcity of hand stopping in the horn parts of classic orchestra scores. The present writer finds that the hand-horn style requires a more closed hand position than what is normally considered a good position by modern players. The hand position used by the handhornist gives the sound a more subdued quality. Thus, the hand-horn timbre did not afford the kind of resonance and blend which the classic composer sought from the horns in the orchestra.The appendices include photographs of an antique Raoux hand horn.

This journal article format dissertation examined aspects of survey research methodology in health education. In the first study, the author examined articles published in Health Education and Behavior, Health Education Journal, Health Education Research, and International Electronic Journal of Health Education to assess if authors report survey instrument characteristics and results of psychometric property tests for data collected with survey instruments. In the second study, the author examined the validity and reliability of data collected from 1,992 Indiana middle and high school students with the Adolescent Health Risk Behavior Survey (AHRBS) instrument. The AHRBS instrument was created using the Biopsychosocial Model (BPSM) theoretical framework and investigates the relationships and influences of adolescents? intrapersonal and normative perceptions on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use. In the third study, the author used reliable measures for the data to conduct mediation analyses to examine the effects of adolescent perceptions of their social environment, such as perceived peer disapproval, perceived parental disapproval, and perceived peer behavior, on adolescent lifetime inhalant use in the presence of the theorized mediator variable, characteristics of the peer group. The author concluded the following: (1) published articles in the four health education journals inconsistently reported survey instrument characteristics or results of psychometric property testing for the data collected with survey instruments; (2) systematically eliminating items due to their limited contribution to scale reliability for these data using exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, and calculating internal consistency reliability shortened the AHRBS instrument by 41.18% and improved the reliability of measures for these data; and (3) the effects of perceived peer disapproval, perceived parental disapproval, and perceived peer behavior on adolescent lifetime inhalant use were significantly mediated by characteristics of the peer group as theorized by the BPSM. Findings of this dissertation have implications for the field of health education. First, survey instrument characteristics and internal reliability coefficients for data collected with instrument scales should be reported in published manuscripts. Second, researchers should examine the validity and reliability of data collected with survey instruments. Third, only reliable measures for the data should be used in statistical analyses.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 1954. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

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The purpose of this study was to examine student attitudes, musical backgrounds, and immediate situations that affect string participation in the university orchestra. Two groups of university students located mainly in the Great Lakes Region were surveyed via an online website: 1. orchestra participants with high school orchestra experience (n=103), and 2. orchestra non-participants with high school orchestra experience (n=28).Findings in this study include differences between participants and non-participants concerning their decision to seek membership in the university orchestra. Commonalities between orchestra members with regard to their participation were found, while non-participants were found to differ from each other according to their reasons for non-participation.String players that have continued to participate in orchestra ensembles at the university level are likely to have more performance experiences in their background, especially in high school. Parental encouragement, private lessons, and participation in solo and ensemble festival are factors that affect participation. Positive attitudes such as the value of participating in a music ensemble, the enjoyment of playing in an orchestra, and confidence as a string player are also strong factors. Secondary influences may involve the invitation of a friend, director, and the offering of a scholarship. University orchestra members continue to enjoy their experience participating and work rehearsals into their busy schedule. Non-members are aware of the university orchestra but do not possess standard reasons they do not participate with regard to their attitudes and immediate situations. Reasons for not participation appear to vary from individual to individual.String players who continue to perform beyond high school by becoming a university orchestra member place a stronger value on participation, which is originally influenced by background experience and parental encouragement. It is likely university orchestra non-participants failed to cultivate these values strongly, and have shed activities which include music involvement which may have been more influenced by friends and parents at a younger age.University orchestra directors may positively influence string player participation by supplying high school students with more performance experiences, and aggressively marketing the orchestra program to university students. Coordinated efforts with high school directors to provide young students with experiences (i.e. youth orchestras and string camps) that have a positive lasting impression may be one way to increase orchestra participation beyond high school. Directors may also consider brainstorming creative ways to market and advertise the university orchestra to reach the attention of the non-major who may be interested if given enough encouragement. / School of Music

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio University, June, 1981. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Conservatory of Music. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2006. / For wind ensemble. "A dissertation in music composition." Advisor: James Mobberley. "Inspired by central themes found in Walter M. Miller's science-fiction classic A canticle for Leibowitz"--p. ii. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Nov. 12, 2007. Online version of the print edition.