The purpose of this survey is to determine the educational and professional status of piano teachers in the colleges and universities of the United States. This survey will attempt to evaluate the musical and educational background as well as the professional status of people engaged actively in the teaching profession today.

A presente dissertação aborda a música popular instrumental brasileira (MPIB) e sua atividade na cidade de São Paulo. A pesquisa visa identificar o conteúdo da MPIB como mediação da sociedade, bem como elucidar questões semânticas e de conteúdo em relação ao termo. Em outras palavras, o trabalho procura levar o leitor a uma das muitas paisagens sonoras da sociedade – paulistana e brasileira – através da “audição" da música instrumental. Abordamos a MPIB a partir de dois pontos de vistas: de um lado sua produção, apresentando algumas das circunstâncias de produção (fonográfica e ao vivo) e de outro, pela observação das lógicas internas às obras a partir de aspectos musicais como escalas, motivos, padrões rítmicos e de acordes, improvisos, formas, etc. Esta dupla abordagem é justificada porque a MPIB desarruma contextos semânticos ao colocar os elementos musicais em relações surpreendentes. Este é o empreendimento que produz a questão central deste trabalho. O intuito desta etnografia é investigar por um lado como as questões relativas à construção da identidade nacional se articulam na MPIB através dos elementos diferenciados que são arranjados dando expressão às tensões e contradições da sociedade brasileira, e por outro identificar alguns elementos na constituição das experiências que surgem no fazer musical. Para dar conta dessa problemática dividimos a dissertação em duas partes: a primeira contendo os dados empíricos advindos da pesquisa de campo, entrevistas e coleta de materiais da mídia, e a segunda parte contendo as discussões teórico-metodológicas sobre a etnografia do fazer musical e a problemática da experiência musical e seus significados no mundo contemporâneo. / This work approaches the Brazilian instrumental popular music (BIPM) and its activity in Sao Paulo city. The research intents to identify the BIPM content as a society mediation, as well as clarify semantic and content questions with respect to the term. In other words, the work tries to bring the reader to one among the several society soundscape – from Sao Paulo and Brazil – through the listening of the instrumental music. We approach the instrumental music from two points of view: firstly its production, presenting some of the production circumstances (phonographic and alive), and on the other hand, by the observation of the work’s internal logic from music aspects such as scales, motifs, rhythms and chords patterns, improvisations, forms, etc. This double approach can be justified because the BIPM disarranges semantic contexts by putting the musical elements in amazing relationships. This effort is the central point of this work. The goal of this ethnography is to investigate, by one hand, how the questions relative to the construction of the national identity articulate themselves on the BIPM through different elements arranged to give expression to the tensions and contradictions of the Brazilian society. On the other hand, to identify some elements on the constitution of the experiences which appear on the music-making. To take account of this problematic we divide this dissertation in two parts: the first one containing empirical data from field research, interviews and collected material from the media, and the second one containing the theoretical and methodological discussions about the ethnography of the music-making, and the problematic of the musical experience and its meanings on the contemporary world.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal investigar o problema da autonomia estética da música instrumental no Romantismo alemão. Através do exame de textos filosóficos, literários e de crítica musical, procuramos investigar a seguinte questão: como foi possível que a arte musical que até o século XVIII era considerada como um objeto indigno para a filosofia e para a estética se estabelecesse como a esfera mais elevada do espírito humano no Romantismo e no Idealismo alemão? A fim de responder a essa pergunta, pareceu-nos necessário levar em conta a maneira pela qual se compreendia a música no século XVIII e qual o conceito de razão que estava em sua base. A principal hipótese que procuramos explorar diz respeito à filosofia crítica de Kant, que permitiu que o pensamento encontrasse um paradigma na música. Com a chamada revolução copernicana, Kant acentuou a subjetividade de maneira radical, abrindo, pela primeira vez, a possibilidade da música ser reconhecida como uma linguagem não-objetiva, que foi desenvolvida principalmente por autores como Wackenroder, Tieck e Hoffmann. Todavia, as condições de possibilidade para a compreensão da música como expressão do inefável, bem como a proximidade que se estabelece entre música e religião, devem ser buscadas primeiramente na filosofia kantiana. / The main purpose of this research is to examine the problem concerning the aesthetic autonomy of instrumental music in German Romanticism. Through the examination of philosophical and literary texts, as well as musical criticism, the following question is investigated: how was it possible that the musical art - which was considered an unworthy object for the philosophy and the aesthetics until the 18th Century - could establish itself as the highest sphere of the human spirit during the Romanticism and the German Idealism? In order to answer to this question, it seems necessary to take into account the way music was understood during the 18th Century and what conception of Reason lay in its basis. Our main hypothesis concerns Kants critical philosophy, which made possible the thought of finding a paradigm in music. With the so called Copernican revolution, Kant stressed subjectivity in a radical way and, for the first time, provided the possibility of recognizing the music as a non-objective language, developed later by authors like Wackenroder, Tieck and Hoffmann. However, the conditions of possibility for the understanding of music as expression of the ineffable, as well as the proximity established between music and religion, must be searched firstly in the Kantian philosophy.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of iconic-based rhythmic instruction on middle school instrumentalists' ability to read rhythms at sight in the preparation of music for sight-reading. One hundred thirty-one middle school students from 12 randomly assigned bands in the Midwestern United States provided data for a pretest-posttest control-group design. Of the 12 participating middle schools, four schools served as the control group (n= 42), four schools delivered rhythmic instruction using iconic-based methods (n= 42), and four schools delivered isolated rhythmic training using symbolic-based methods (n= 47).Using adjusted pretest scores from a researcher-constructed rhythm test (Rhythm Sight-Reading Performance Ability), the Musical Aptitude Profile (1995), and the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (1999), results of an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed that no group obtained a significant difference on the posttest mean scores from the rhythmic performance test (F= 1.940, df= 1, 107, p= .149). Because results from individual schools showed considerable variation, other variables were observed to see if they were significant. Findings from an ANCOVA revealed that the individual school was significant (F= 3.141, df= 9, 107, p= .002).To verify the relationship found between the individual school and the posttest measurement, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was run with the pretest and posttest scores serving as repeated measures. The results indicate that a significant interaction between the individual school and the pretest to posttest measurement exists. In light of these findings, it is speculated that the key to improving a student's rhythm-reading ability may be dependent not only on the method, but also on the quality of instructional delivery. / School of Music

Zugl.: Wien, Diss.

Thesis (MMus)(Comp)--University of Melbourne, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Music, 2010. / Typescript.

This thesis explores the interplay between repeatability and contingency in a series of instrumental and electro-instrumental compositions, through a practice that involves the devising and development of unique notational strategies and the use of bespoke real-time digital signal processing software. In particular, this study examines the praxis of comprovisation, i.e. practices situated between the poles of composition and improvisation, and it is framed by three main research topics: 1. An exploration of musical time and form as components of a dynamic system between events and musical gestures, involving structures of variable and/or indeterminate temporal durations. 2. An investigation of the ways in which the temporal organization and the in-time trópos (τρόπος - ”way, mode, modality, manner”) of an improvisational performance-practice for solo violin can be transduced into the symbolic level so as to be explored as compositional material. 3. An examination of the conditions in which Middle Eastern makam music composition and improvisation traditions can inform the development of contemporary notational devices for a comprovisation practice involving other performers. In addition to the scores, software, and recordings of the compositions, a relevant portfolio of recorded solo-violin improvisations and two published papers examining the above topics are included to further illustrate the discussion.

Very little research is published on teaching music to students with learning disabilities. Nevertheless, federal law mandates that instruction of such students take place in all public schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the lived experiences of four secondary instrumental music teachers who teach five students with learning disabilities. This study looked at the interactions between teachers and these students and examined how their experiences informed teaching practices. Phenomenological in design, this study included data collected from journals, as well as interviews, relevant artifacts, and direct observations of the teachers. My goal was to provide data for music teacher training programs and for these teachers to help each class of their students educate students with learning disabilities. Results showed that the teachers were aware of the needs of students with learning disabilities. Teachers became frustrated with occurrences of undisclosed diagnoses of such students and those with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and that they had received little guidance from Individualized Education Programs or other documents designed to inform teachers about accommodations for those with disabilities. Successful accommodations depended on the experience or training of the teachers and the severity of the disability, as well as how much the students had previously learned to cope with their learning disabilities. Students were rarely aware of specific interventions or adaptations teachers had made to accommodate a disability. Instructors employed general teaching techniques that aligned with Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Pedagogical information given in this study would benefit music education and add more data to the sparse amount of work being done on teaching instrumental music to students with learning disabilities.

162 f.:il / Submitted by JURANDI DE SOUZA SILVA (jssufba@hotmail.com) on 2013-03-15T12:30:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Celso Jose Rodrigues Benedito.pdf: 1079327 bytes, checksum: 24eaf18903131f9cb987e587dfe96332 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Meirelles(rodrigomei@ufba.br) on 2013-03-22T14:12:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Celso Jose Rodrigues Benedito.pdf: 1079327 bytes, checksum: 24eaf18903131f9cb987e587dfe96332 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-03-22T14:12:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Celso Jose Rodrigues Benedito.pdf: 1079327 bytes, checksum: 24eaf18903131f9cb987e587dfe96332 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / O presente trabalho teve como objeto de estudo a prática de ensino-aprendizagem de música dos mestres de filarmônicas da Bahia. Os mestres baianos, figuras centrais desta pedagogia, desenvolveram um modelo de educação musical que possibilita a adequação do treinamento à individualidade de cada aprendiz. Grande parte deste aprendizado ocorre com os músicos mais antigos e persiste na convivência de seus integrantes com a rotina musical da entidade. Na filarmônica jamais se perde de vista o fazer musical e a metodologia de ensino favorece o preparo rápido para o ingresso do aluno no grupo. O trabalho está estruturado em quatro capítulos denominados a partir de expressões usuais extraídas da pedagogia das filarmônicas: ― "Conforme Lê, conforme toca” (Metodologia); ― "Pegar o instrumento" (Fundamentação Teórica). O ― "Passar para a estante" (Transcrição dos dados) e o ― "Ingresso no Grupo" (Análise). A investigação abordou as seguintes questões: quais competências os mestres de filarmônica necessitam para exercer sua função; quais os processos de ensino, como o corpo musical da banda concebe a formação dos mestres, as dificuldades desta prática nos dias de hoje e a possibilidade de incluí-la no ensino básico. A pesquisa constatou ser o mestre de filarmônica um educador musical. Muitos dos procedimentos didáticos adotados pelos mestres podem proporcionar uma valiosa contribuição à Educação Musical Brasileira. É preciso valorizá-los como educadores, reconhecer suas práticas musicais e oportunizar a disseminação de tais saberes. / Salvador

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal investigar o problema da autonomia estética da música instrumental no Romantismo alemão. Através do exame de textos filosóficos, literários e de crítica musical, procuramos investigar a seguinte questão: como foi possível que a arte musical que até o século XVIII era considerada como um objeto indigno para a filosofia e para a estética se estabelecesse como a esfera mais elevada do espírito humano no Romantismo e no Idealismo alemão? A fim de responder a essa pergunta, pareceu-nos necessário levar em conta a maneira pela qual se compreendia a música no século XVIII e qual o conceito de razão que estava em sua base. A principal hipótese que procuramos explorar diz respeito à filosofia crítica de Kant, que permitiu que o pensamento encontrasse um paradigma na música. Com a chamada revolução copernicana, Kant acentuou a subjetividade de maneira radical, abrindo, pela primeira vez, a possibilidade da música ser reconhecida como uma linguagem não-objetiva, que foi desenvolvida principalmente por autores como Wackenroder, Tieck e Hoffmann. Todavia, as condições de possibilidade para a compreensão da música como expressão do inefável, bem como a proximidade que se estabelece entre música e religião, devem ser buscadas primeiramente na filosofia kantiana. / The main purpose of this research is to examine the problem concerning the aesthetic autonomy of instrumental music in German Romanticism. Through the examination of philosophical and literary texts, as well as musical criticism, the following question is investigated: how was it possible that the musical art - which was considered an unworthy object for the philosophy and the aesthetics until the 18th Century - could establish itself as the highest sphere of the human spirit during the Romanticism and the German Idealism? In order to answer to this question, it seems necessary to take into account the way music was understood during the 18th Century and what conception of Reason lay in its basis. Our main hypothesis concerns Kants critical philosophy, which made possible the thought of finding a paradigm in music. With the so called Copernican revolution, Kant stressed subjectivity in a radical way and, for the first time, provided the possibility of recognizing the music as a non-objective language, developed later by authors like Wackenroder, Tieck and Hoffmann. However, the conditions of possibility for the understanding of music as expression of the ineffable, as well as the proximity established between music and religion, must be searched firstly in the Kantian philosophy.