Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Rochester, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/3220

Thesis (M.A.)--BYU Dept. of Music.

Thesis (D. Mus. Arts)--University of Washington, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-92).

The purpose of this study was to investigate problem areas of organists' performance as indicated by common experiences of pain. The research problems were to determine the specific areas of the body that were affected by pain, to determine the perceived level of that pain on a scale indicative of its severity, and to explore the relationship between demographic and performance-related factors within the population and specific area of reported pain. An examination of the demographic, performance-related, and pain data, as well as subject comments, indicated possible relationships of the pain experience to other factors. Organists attributed their pain to instrument characteristics, such as keyboard action, music rack height, bench design, and pedalboard shape. Pain was also associated with the time spent playing the organ, playing literature which required large reaches and rapid passage work, such as french toccatas, or playing with incorrect posture. To explore these relationships to spinal and upper extremity pain, further research is indicated.

Inaug.-Diss.--Berlin. / Lebenslauf. "Notenbeispiele": p. 123-126. Includes bibliographical references.

Inaugural-Dissertation--Tübingen. / Lebenslauf. "Quellen": p. (85-86). "Literatur": p. (87)-88.

This study investigates the changing role of the organ within the Anglican Church of Port Elizabeth. In this study, the term The Church of England is used to refer to both the Anglican Church in England and the Anglican Church (Church of the Province) of Southern Africa. The organ has over many centuries evolved and risen to a place of dominance within the church. Many factors such as political influence, the increase in technology and the use of the organ within the liturgy of the church have contributed to this situation. Equally evident in practices in modern churches and societies is the diminished role of the organ. Again, many factors such as a change in church liturgy, a lack of organists and a negative bias towards the organ have influenced the decrease in the popularity and use of the instrument. In order to prove the rise and fall of the organ a quantitative study in the form of a literature review was employed to trace the organ‟s claim to power as well as the status it gained and to outline the reasons for its decline in power. To investigate this phenomenon, research was conducted in nine selected Anglican churches in Port Elizabeth, that have pipe organs and which were established by the British settlers, along the traditional lines of Anglican churches. The results are discussed and the narratives of the respondents recorded. Findings from the study show that the organ has lost its authoritative voice in the church. The organ is no longer the preferred and only instrument utilized for music and accompaniment within the average Anglican parish service. An urgent and careful response is needed to promote the organ in church services and in the music life of society.

O objetivo desse trabalho é investigar a adaptação da organista com relação às modificações nos hinários oficiais da Igreja Congregação Cristã no Brasil, enfatizando as mudanças do Hinário 4 para o Hinário 5. Também foi averiguado qual o impacto das mudanças no estudo dos hinos novos e antigos (onde houve várias mudanças) e qual a repercussão das organistas com relação ao acréscimo do terceiro pentagrama no Hinário 5. O presente estudo foi delineado com base em dois questionários elaborados e enviados para as organistas da Igreja Congregação Cristã no Brasil (uma vez que apenas as mulheres tocam o órgão), tanto para as oficializadas com profunda experiência no Hinário 4, como para as organistas aprendizes que só tiveram contato com o Hinário 5. Ficou evidente que muitas organistas oficializadas ainda apresentam dificuldades em tocar os hinos alterados do hinário devido às diferenças entre mão esquerda e pedal. As aprendizes não reportaram ter problemas porque nunca estudaram com outro hinário. Como na Igreja Congregação Cristã no Brasil somente hinos são tocados durante o culto, foram elaborados exercícios para auxiliar na adaptação do novo hinário, já que em 194 dos 480 hinos, as notas mais graves da mão esquerda e do pedal são distintas durante alguns compassos. O material produzido poderá auxiliar principalmente as organistas oficializadas, tornando-se também, uma fonte de consulta sobre os tipos de hinos para toda a classe. / This work aims to investigate the adaptation of the organist of the Christian Congregation Church of Brazil in relation to the modifications in the new hymnal (No. 5), as well as the impact it has had on the way the organists study the new and old (and altered) hymns. The addition of the third staff has also been investigated. Two questionnaires, as a basis for the study, were sent to women organists (since only women are allowed to play the organ): a group of Official organists with a great deal of experience with Hymnal No. 4, and beginner organists (Apprentices), who had only studied Hymnal No. 5. The Official organists reported that many still present difficulties playing the altered hymns of the latest edition because of the differences between the left hand and pedal. The Apprentices admitted not having any problems since they never came in contact with other editions of the hymnal. Considering that the Christian Congregation Church of Brazil only allows hymns to be performed during services, exercises were elaborated to help them adapt to the new hymnal, since in 194 of the 480 hymns, the lower note of the left hand and the pedal are not the same for several measures. The material presented is intended to aid mainly the Official organists, however, it may be utilized by all organists as a source for the many different types of hymns.

Thesis (MMu)--Australian Catholic University, School of Music, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-156). Also available in an electronic format via the internet.

From Introduction: The first recorded Church of England service at the Cape took place in 1749, but for almost a century after that date Anglicans had no place of worship of their own. From about 1807 onwards the Groote Kerk in Adderley Street was regularly lent to the Chaplain on Sundays and the Kerkraad even allowed their bells to be rung to inform 'the British that it was time for their service'. In October 1827, for the first time in history, a bishop of the Church of England visited Cape Town. This was Dr. J.T. James, Bishop of Calcutta, who landed for a few days on his first voyage to India and was met by the Governor and his staff in great state. A meeting was held at which Bishop James was present and the eighteen gentlemen discussed proposals for the building of an English Church in Cape Town. "It was proposed that the building should hold at least 1,000 people. The Bishop said that the Home Government would grant ground and half the expenses... He reminded them of their obligation to the Dutch Church, who for so many years had allowed them to use their sanctuary, and he exhorted them to be active and persevering and remain attached to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of their forefathers, that venerable Church based on the foundation of Christ and His Apostles." As a result of t his meeting the Governor gave the site in the Gardens (at the foot of the Avenue) on which St . George's Cathedral now stands, and the site was consecrated by Bishop James on October 23rd, just before he sailed for Calcutta . "But after his departure the glow faded away, difficulties and quarrels appeared... and the scheme was shelved for two years." However, on St. George's Day, 23rd April 1830, the foundation stone of St. George's Church was laid by the Governor, Sir Lowry Cole,with military and Masonic honours. A triumphal arch was erected and troops lined the streets through which the procession was to pass. The name of the street at the head of which the Cathedral stands was changed from Bergh Street to St. George' s Street, and the contract was exclusive of enclosure, gates, bells and organ, but including pulpit, reading and clerk 's desks and all the work of the altar."