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Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2003. / For dancer and computer. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-64).

The purpose of this study was to determine whether certain non-musical components of a performance affect evaluator's performance quality ratings. Specifically, if there is an age at which point the presence of a music stand (i.e. an implied use of the score), the performers attractiveness, attire, stage behaviour and perceived level of accomplishment impacts performance ratings. Fourteen cellists were videotaped performing by memory, and then a second time with their music on a music stand, synchronizing their motions with the audio feedback from their first performance. The cellists and their performances were evaluated by 1024 individuals with no formal training in music ranging in age from six to fifty-five years old. Each evaluator was assigned to one of six groups: Visual only, Audio only, Memorized, Dubbed, Random 1, or Random 2. Results revealed that the presence or absence of a music stand had no impact on performance ratings. Performer attractiveness affected performance ratings for both sexes, although contrary to previous findings, being attractive was not advantageous. Dress had an inverse effect on ratings of female performers and poor stage behaviour affected ratings of both sexes. Although evaluators were unable to predict a performer's proficiency based solely on gesture, proficiency gestures made by musicians during performances affected ratings. Evaluators in the audiovisual conditions gave performers who appeared less accomplished significantly lower ratings than those in the audio only condition. Evaluators aged 13 were more critical than younger evaluators with their musical ratings and their ratings were also affected by the visual aspects of a performance. These results suggest that older non-musician evaluators use visual aspects to help their evaluations of subjective musical elements because they have a hard time hearing differences.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2003. / For dancer and computer. Includes bibliographical references.

Chaconne, Transcription for Piano in D minor J.S. Bach (arr. Ferruccio Busoni) Reflets dans l'eau from Images, Book 1 Claude Debussy A la Albeniz Rodion Shchedrin Basso Ostinato from Two Polyphonic Pieces Sonata-Reminiscenza, Op. 38, No. 1 Nikolai Medtner Die Loreley, S. 532 Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

This thesis presents extended program notes for a sixty-minute piano graduate recital consisting of the following repertoire for solo piano: Georg Philipp Telemann's Fantasia No. 9 in B Minor and No. 10 in D Major; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Fantasia II in C Major, H. 284 (Wotq. 59/6); Joseph Haydn's Andante con Variazioni in F Minor, Hob. XVII: 6; Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata in F- sharp Major Op. 78; Clara Wieck Schumann's Notturno Op.6, No. 2 and Le Ballet des Revenants Op. 5, No. 4; Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn's Das Jahr: Juni and November. The content of this thesis features detailed information on these works through historical study, musical analysis, and research in performance practice.

This thesis will demonstrate the effects of American music, specifically jazz, on the different styles of Cuban music. It will be presented chronologically, explaining decade by decade, how American music penetrated the Cuban culture in almost all musical genres.

Sonata for Solo Violin Op. 27, No.2 ("Obsession") E. ugene Ysaye (1853-1931) I. Prelude. Poco Vivace IL Malinconia IIL Danse des ombres Concerto for Violin No. 2, Op.63 - Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) I. Allegro moderato II. Andante assai Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano, Op. 45 - Edvard Grieg (1843-1945) I. Allegro molto ed appassionato II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza IIL Allegro animato Estrellita (Mexican song for violin and piano) .M. Manuel M. Ponce (1 882-1948) Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)

Partita No 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonata No 23 in F minor, Op 57 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20 - Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Vado, ma dove? W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) Auf dem Strom Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Canciones clásicas españolas Fernando Obradors (1897-1945) Del cabello más sutil La mi sola, Laureola Al amor INTERMISSION Quatre Poémes Hindous Maurice Delage (1879-1961) I. Madras II. Lahore III. Benares IV. Jeypur Wild Swans Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956) The Red Dress Once I Was