En una Noche Oscura, Canticle II, is a musical composition scored for a capella chorus in eight parts, with occasional solo passages in some voices. The piece takes its title from St. John-of-the-Cross, and is in one sense a musical response to the spiritual journey undertaken by the pilgrim of St. John's text, of Job, of David, and of countless other mystics, Christian and otherwise. / I have divided the accompanying analysis of the work into two parts: first, an introductory discussion of the technical ideas behind the composition of Canticle II, and second, a more thorough, section-by-section analysis of the composition itself. The introduction outlines the formal, rhythmic, and harmonic approaches taken in the composition of this piece, while the close analysis shows more specifically how these ideas are reflected in the actual score.

Thesis (M.M.)--Conservatory of Music. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2006. / For chorus and wind ensemble. "A thesis in music composition." Madeleine L'Engle, poet ; Paul Rudy, advisor Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Nov. 12, 2007. Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (M.M.)--Conservatory of Music. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2007. / "A thesis in music composition." Typescript. Advisor: Chen Yi. Includes vita and English translation of text. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Nov. 13, 2007. Online version of the print edition.

Treatise (D.M.A.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2010. / Title from title screen (site viewed July 8, 2010). PDF text: vii, 141 p. : music ; 4 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3398299. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 1981. / For chamber choir, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, and organ. English text by Michael Davidson. Vita.

Honors Project--Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 2010.

Thesis (D. A.)--Ball State University, 2009. / "December 2008." Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Nov. 11, 2009). Title from score: The four horsemen for SATB choir and mixed ensemble. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-45).

abstract: No special formatting / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Educational Administration and Supervision 2012

This thesis is comprised of three papers. Paper 1 presents a systematic review on the evidence for the relationship between appraisals of auditory verbal hallucinations and voice-related distress in psychosis. A literature search was conducted using the following electronic databases: Web of Science, PsycINFO, Embase and Pubmed. Twenty-four studies were identified that satisfied inclusion criteria for the review. Several types of appraisals were found to be associated with distress in voice-hearers: malevolence, control, power, origin of voices and benevolence beliefs. Evidence for an association was particularly strong for malevolence and control appraisals, indicating that these may be important to target in interventions. Overall findings generally supported that modification of voice appraisals, particularly malevolence, power and control appraisals, in cognitive therapy is associated with a reduction in voice-related distress. Paper 2 presents an experimental study which explored whether people who are exposed to stressful material are more likely to report hearing voices when they are not present (i.e. false alarms). Factors that may predict or moderate voice-hearing were also explored. A non-clinical sample (N = 130) completed measures of trauma history, hallucination proneness, dissociation, affect and attachment styles, before being allocated to view pictures depicting stressful interpersonal scenarios or pictures with neutral interpersonal scenarios. Participants then completed a voice detection task. False alarms were recorded as a proxy measure of voice-hearing. Participants in the stressful group reported significantly higher levels of stress than in the neutral group. No differences were found in false alarms. Physical abuse history and depersonalisation significantly correlated with false alarms. This study indicates that people with physical abuse history and dissociative tendencies may be more vulnerable to hearing voices; clinically, these factors should therefore be assessed. However, findings of this study should be interpreted tentatively due to lack of diversity within the sample. Paper 3 is a critical reflection of the systematic review, the empirical paper and the research process as a whole. Strengths and limitations of the presented research are discussed as well as directions for future research.