Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Department of Music, December 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-473).

Thesis--Columbia University. / Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis develops and utilizes an analytical approach which illuminates the structure of one genre of Beaver Indian music -- specifically, Beaver Indian dreamer songs. The analytical approach or methodology developed here derives from previous scholarship in the area of structuralist inquiries in ethnomusicology and from analytical models extracted from structuralism and correlated with music. The scope of the thesis is restricted to the structural examination of forty-five Beaver Indian dreamer songs. No other genre of Beaver Indian music is scrutinized structurally and no other North American Indian music is discussed here. The methods of investigation used in this thesis may be described as follows. Chapter I introduces the problem. Chapter II examines the development of structural studies in ethnomusicology from 1880 to 1900, from 1900 to 1930, from 1930 to 1940, from 1940 to 1954, and from 1954 to the present. Chapter III presents an overview of the central tenets and methods of structuralism by discussing structuralist ideologies, structuralist approaches towards formulating methods of inquiry, and structuralist methods. Chapter IV correlates structuralism with musical analysis. More specifically, Chapter IV reveals ideological correlations, correlations in approach, and methodological correlations between structuralism and musical analysis. Chapter V presents an overview of the music and culture of the Beaver Indians. Sub-sections within this Chapter include discussions on: previous scholarship, geographic location and general ecological conditions, history of the Beaver, music and the supernatural, uses of music, Beaver Indian musical instruments, and additional notes on the music. Chapter VI investigates the structure of Beaver Indian dreamer songs via the methodology developed in Chapter IV. The contents of this Chapter are: selected musical transcriptions, selected structural analyses, a comparative study on the structural musical genres of Beaver Indian dreamer songs, and additional musical descriptions. Chapter VII concludes the study. The significance of this thesis is threefold. First, it presents some knowledge and understanding of the structure of Beaver Indian dreamer songs. Second, it presents transcriptions of sound material hitherto unanalyzed. Third, it develops and utilizes an analytical approach for the study of musical structure in non-Western music — a technique which has not been utilized before in the analysis of any North American Indian music. / Arts, Faculty of / Music, School of / Graduate

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The purpose of this study was to review the findings of Leblanc (1979) utilizing the most common styles of popular music in today's media. Seven styles of popular music, traditional jazz, and Romantic classical music were ranked in order of preference; subject responses were compared by age, gender, environment of upbringing, and amount and type of music training. The sample consisted of 332 fifth graders and college non-music majors. Subjects completed a Personal Information Form, listened to a recording of 19 musical examples representing the styles being studied, and recorded their preference for each on the Music Preference Inventory.Results indicated an overall decline in preference in comparison to Leblanc (1979). Preference responses indicated that fifth graders and college non-music majors ranked the music styles differently, although both age groups ranked pop rock music among the most preferred styles and country, traditional jazz, and Romantic classical music as the least preferred styles. Females recorded significantly higher overall music preferences than males and differed in their preference for individual music styles. Preferences for individual styles also varied depending on the environment in which subjects were raised. Overall music preference was significantly higher among subjects with more music training, and instrumental biases were found based on specific types of music training.The results of this study strongly suggest that popular music styles are the most preferred music styles. Furthermore, variables such as age, gender, and environment of upbringing influence preference for individual music styles in different ways. However, increased music training and specific types of music training positively influence overall music preference and increase preference for non-popular styles. / School of Music

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明立國. / 論文(哲學碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院音樂學部, 1996. / 參考文献 : leaves 176-187. / Ming Liguo. / 前言 --- p.I / 阿美族語音符號使用表 --- p.III / Chapter 第一章 --- 序論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一節 --- 本硏究之緣起 / Chapter 第二節 --- 過去關於阿美族音樂的硏究 / Chapter 第二章 --- 阿美族概說 --- p.15 / Chapter 第一節 --- 阿美族的社群與文化 / Chapter 第二節 --- 阿美族音樂與社會文化的關係 / Chapter 第三章 --- 音樂的槪念與類型 --- p.31 / Chapter 第一節 --- 音樂槪念與分類 / Chapter 第二節 --- 音樂類型及文化區 / Chapter 第三節 --- 新的分類與命名 / Chapter 第四章 --- 音樂的分析與比較 --- p.51 / Chapter 第一節 --- 歷時性與共時性 / Chapter 第二節 --- 錄音與記譜的分析比較 / Chapter 第三節 --- 分析總結 / Chapter 第五章 --- 一首歌的個案硏究 --- p.115 / Chapter 第六章 --- 歌唱的表現及其文化意義 --- p.150 / Chapter 第一節 --- 歌唱的表現與特性 / Chapter 第二節 --- 文化的意義與詮釋 / Chapter 第七章 --- 結論 --- p.165 / 辭彙解釋 --- p.171 / 參考資料 --- p.176

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 1987.

Issued also as thesis, University of Munich. / Bibliography: p. 82-83. Bibliographical footnotes.