High school general music classes often primarily consist of lectures about the Western art canon, despite repeated calls for a popular music focus (Deal, 1984; Miceli, 1998; Snell, 2007; Thompson, 1979; Woody, 2007). It is argued that the latter approach can alleviate student apathy toward class content and boredom, provide more meaningful learning experiences for the students, and create a more positive experience for the teacher. The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of students and teachers in both a traditional general music class and a popular music-focused general music class. In this qualitative comparative study, I studied two high school general music classes in Tennessee and investigated the experiences of the students and teachers with respect to subject matter, teaching techniques, and meaningful learning. My data sources were interviews with teachers and students, classroom observations, and classroom archival documents. I analyzed the data using interpretive coding guided by a constant comparative approach. Cross-case emergent themes involving meaningful learning included students' preference for music studied at the end of the semester and a high level of student-teacher interaction and engagement when studying popular styles of music. Regarding curricula and teaching methods, cross-case themes showed similar attitudes and frustrations for teachers and students in both classes. Within-case themes in the Music for Listeners class included an expressed student desire to learn popular music, student lack of understanding of the Western art canon, and student ability to connect class topics to outside of school activities. Within-case themes in the Development of Rock 'n' Roll class illustrated the importance of delivery style and technology in the general music classroom. I concluded that a combination of curriculum and teaching style produced differing experiences for the students and teachers. Based on the results of this study, suggestions for education profession include employing a genre of music that is meaningful to the students in their daily lives; engaging students in conversations about the music they enjoy; avoiding "busy work" and ensuring that assignments are relevant; and providing ample music listening opportunities.

Syftet för denna uppsats är att utforska och belysa fördelarna kompositionsprocessen av västerländsk konstmusik kan ha för instrumentalister. Det genomförs med att studera referenser, så som Béla Beers masteruppsats Den komponerande musikern och Jessica Duchens artiklar i tidskrifterna Classical Piano och The International Piano baserade på intervjuer med prof. David Dolan, samt intervjuer med cellisten prof. Johannes Rostamo och tonsättaren och pianisten Arttu Ahovaara. Jag analyserar också mina egna kompositioner som skrivits som del av teorikurserna på Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm, och reflekterar över min utveckling i mina instrumentstudier med huvudinstrumentet cello, samt kompositionsprocessens roll i denna utveckling. Utforskningen gav resultaten, att kompositionsprocessen i samband med strukturerad utövning av tekniska aspekter av instrumentspel kan utveckla och förstärka behärskningen av ens eget instrument, förståelse över struktur och harmonik i musikverk, samt de olika stilperiodernas estetiska och retoriska karaktärer och friheten att utrycka sig kreativt. Studiens resultat påvisar att det skulle vara ändamålsenligt att satsa på ökad integrering av kurser i komposition, som handläggs av musiker som specialiserar i det ämnet. / This paper aims to explore and highlight the benefits of composing Western art music can have for instrumentalists in their studies. This is done by studying references, such as Béla Beer's master thesis The Composing Musician and Jessica Duchen's articles in the journals Classical Piano and The International Piano based on interviews with prof. David Dolan, as well as interviews with prof. Johannes Rostamo and the composer and pianist Arttu Ahovaara. I am also analyzing my own compositions written as part of the theory courses at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and reflecting on my development in my instrumental studies and the role the process of composing has had in it. The exploration yielded the results, that composition in conjunction with structured practice of the technical aspects of instrument playing can develop and strengthen the mastery of one's own instrument, understanding of structure and harmony in musical works, as well as the aesthetic and rhetorical characters of the different stylistic periods, and the freedom to express oneself creatively. The results of the study indicate that it would be useful to invest in greater integration of courses in composition, taught by musicians specializing in said subject.

Exchange between musical cultures has always occurred, but in the age of the global music industry, marketing categories have multiplied and often created boundaries between musics. Today the term “crossover” is attached to many of the musical exchanges that occur across these boundaries. One such exchange is represented by the intersection between Western art music string instruments and popular musics. A well-known commercial niche, this particular crossover is often discussed in popular media, but has been examined by relatively few music scholars. By way of addressing this gap, this study considers the crossover between Western art music string instruments and popular musics in the context of extra-musical promotion and critical reception. It examines four artists in the period 1995 to 2005. These four examples are: U.K./Australian string group bond; Australian string group FourPlay; U.K. violinist Nigel Kennedy; and U.K. violinist Vanessa-Mae. It also draws on other relevant cases to illuminate the discussion. The primary aim of the study is to discover and analyse the complex ways that parties engage, consciously or unconsciously, with the term “crossover”. The inherent complexity of the term is not commonly captured by scholarly musical writing since crossover is often regarded simply as a marketing term. The study begins by establishing the scholarly and popular context of the crossover between the Western art music string tradition and popular forms. Nine constructions or layers of meaning evoked by the term “crossover” are then identified. In the context of each of these nine constructions, the work continues by exploring how the term “crossover” is used in the promotion and critical reception of the examples. It is argued that crossover is constructed as a marketing category, to mark individuality, to provide media shortcuts and signposts, to evoke associations of prestige and of credibility, to increase accessibility, to encourage confrontation and to take part in larger musical debates. This research thus identifies multiple layers of meaning evoked by the term that are “subject to change” and that, in turn, illuminate deeper social and cultural implications of “crossingover”, ones which no doubt themselves continue to change. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1338922 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 2008

The problem of the investigator is the compilation of an exhaustive list of art songs other than those dealing with subjects of a romantic or religious nature.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T20:31:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Regina Stori.pdf: 1348108 bytes, checksum: 94a2df36894e08cc05b20643fa899d85 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-11 / This work presents an analysis of the foundations of the Curriculum Guidelines of the State of Paraná (DCE) and of the management of the art/music teaching proposed in such document within the context of the city of Ponta Grossa/PR. The aims of this research include: to analyse the theoretical bases used in the Art Curriculum Guidelines of the State of Paraná; to historicise public policies for art/music teaching implemented in Paraná from 1990 to 2010; to investigate the conditions under which the Art Curriculum Guidelines of the State of Paraná were implemented, taking into account that such conditions were provided by the State Department of Education (SEED); to know what concepts of art teaching the interviewed managers hold; to find out how the DCE are managed in specific educational entities (Art Coordination Division of the Regional Centre of Ponta Grossa and management staff of some schools in the city of Ponta Grossa) This research is based on the historical and dialectical materialism, focusing on the categories of contradiction and totality (CURY, 1989; KOSIK, 1976; LUKÁCS, 1978) in order to apprehend the dialectics of both the formulation of policies proposed by the State and its management and interpretation in different educational entities. Some concepts, understood in relation to the object addressed herein, were studied and called into question in the data analysis based on some authors: State, public policies, policy management (GRAMSCI, 1991; BOBBIO, 1997; CARNOY, 1984; TAVARES, 2004; VIEIRA, 2007); art and art teaching (FIGUEIREDO, 2009, 2010; PENNA, 1995, 2001a, 2007, 2008b; SUBTIL, 2008, 2009a, 2009b; VÁZQUEZ, 1978). Data collection was carried out through the analysis of official documents related to the research object, as well as through semi-structured interviews with a teacher who took part in the policy formulation and is in charge of its management, a teacher who worked as an art consultant at the SEED, the coordinator teacher of the Art section of the Regional Education Centre of Ponta Grossa, and five principals of public schools in Ponta Grossa. The combination of the collected data with the theoretical references shows that: a) contradictions implicit in the historical movement whereby art was included in school education are expressed not only in the document text but also in the subjects‟ concepts and interpretations; b) the management of the Guidelines reflects the concepts of art and art/music teaching adopted by the subjects of the different educational entities; c) even though there are some conditions proposed by the State for the implementation of the policy referred to in the document, the concrete reality – in which the lack of material and human resources and the persistence of historically established concepts of art and art/music teaching are quite evident – doesn‟t contribute to putting into effect a proposal that represents an advance in terms of contents and concepts of art and art/music teaching. / Este trabalho apresenta uma análise dos fundamentos das Diretrizes Curriculares do Estado do Paraná (DCE) e da gestão do ensino de arte/música proposto nesse documento, no município de Ponta Grossa/PR. Os objetivos da pesquisa foram: analisar os fundamentos teóricos adotados nas Diretrizes Curriculares de Arte do Estado do Paraná; historicizar as políticas públicas para o ensino de arte/música no Paraná entre 1990 e 2010; investigar as condições de implementação das Diretrizes Curriculares de Arte do Estado do Paraná, dadas pela Secretaria de Estado da Educação (SEED); conhecer as concepções de ensino de arte dos gestores entrevistados; averiguar como as DCE são geridas nas instâncias particulares (coordenação de Arte do Núcleo Regional de Ponta Grossa e direção de algumas escolas do município de Ponta Grossa). Esta pesquisa fundamenta-se no materialismo histórico e dialético, embasando-se particularmente nas categorias contradição e totalidade (CURY, 1989; KOSIK, 1976; LUKÁCS, 1978) para apreender a dialética da formulação das políticas propostas pelo Estado e da sua gestão e interpretação em diferentes instâncias. Alguns conceitos, entendidos na relação com a totalidade do objeto enfocado foram estudados e problematizados na análise dos dados a partir de alguns autores: Estado, políticas públicas, gestão de políticas (GRAMSCI, 1991; BOBBIO, 1997; CARNOY, 1984; TAVARES, 2004; VIEIRA, 2007); arte e ensino de arte (FIGUEIREDO, 2009, 2010; PENNA, 1995, 2001a, 2007, 2008b; SUBTIL, 2008, 2009a, 2009b; VÁZQUEZ, 1978). A coleta de dados deu-se pela análise dos documentos oficiais relativos ao objeto da pesquisa e através de entrevistas semiestruturadas com um professor formulador da política e gestor da mesma, uma professora que atuou como consultora da SEED para a área de Arte; a professora coordenadora da área de Arte do Núcleo Regional de Educação de Ponta Grossa e cinco diretores de escolas públicas do município de Ponta Grossa. A articulação dos dados com o referencial teórico aponta que: a) as contradições inerentes ao movimento histórico da inserção da arte na educação escolar são expressas não só no texto do documento, mas nas concepções e interpretações dos sujeitos; b) a gestão das Diretrizes reflete concepções de arte e ensino de arte/música assumidas pelos sujeitos das diferentes instâncias; c) embora sejam propostas pelo Estado algumas condições para a implementação da política expressa no documento, a realidade concreta - em que são evidentes a falta de recursos humanos e materiais e a permanência de concepções historicamente vigentes sobre arte e ensino de arte/música – não favorece a efetivação de uma proposta que avança em termos de conteúdos e concepções de arte e ensino de arte e de música.

Forty songs are randomly selected from four randomly selected maqams. Songs are restricted to be in sofyan us&uuml / l (sofyan rhythmic form) to check the statistical significance. Next, fractal dimensions of the these songs are calculated by using two different method and two different scattering diagrams. In the first method, fractal dimensions are calculated via two different box sizes. As for second method, successively decreased box sizes are used. In addition, standard deviation and mean values of the fractal dimensions are calculated to check the relation between fractal dimension and maqam. T test and F test are applied to check the statistical significance. After these calculations, it is verified that fractal dimension can be used as an information source concerning the Turkish art music songs which are nonlinear dynamical systems. Moreover, it is showed that maqams can have their own fractal dimension for low resolutions. On the other hand, it is seen that for high resolutions all songs have almost same fractal dimension.

This thesis spotlights eleven formative moments or ‘events' in the history of twentieth-century art music in Greece. They date from 1908 to 1979 and are ordered by two master narratives, the ‘Great Idea' and the ‘European Idea', concepts with multifarious implications for the making of contemporary Greece. The nature of the musical works presented during these events, the particular kind of reception they received, the debates they generated, and the role their composers hoped they would play in the construction of a contemporary Greek musical identity are some of the indicative issues that will be discussed, and always in relation to the prevailing political and social context. More specifically, I will try to show by way of these events how politics and culture were inextricably tied together. In some cases the events directly mirrored the political divisions and social tensions of their time, while in others they formed an easy (‘innocent') prey to political agendas – indigenous and foreign – that were at some remove from matters aesthetic. The discussion of these historical moments in the concert life of Greece is partly based on secondary sources, but it is also supported by extensive archival research. It is hoped that both the general approach and the new findings will enrich and update the existing literature in English, and that they may even serve to stimulate further research in the music history of other countries located in the so-called margins of Europe.

Mokinio veiklos, kaip asmens komponento tobulinimas meno (muzikos) mokykloje. Skaitant asmens kultūros raidą atskleidžia muzikinio ugdymo reikmė. Ugdymo praktikoje asmens kultūros raidos įgyjamų vertybių ir jų paskirties suvokimas priklauso nuo to, kaip jos pateikiamos ir perimamos. Demokratinėje visuomenėje vyrauja asmens interesai, kūrybinė veikla. Ugdytiniui svarbu pažinti kultūros vertybes, orientuojantis į jas pratintis kurti ir taip tobulinti individualią kultūrą, suvokiant veiklos prasmę vertinti asmeninių poreikių tenkinimo reikšmingumą. Muzikinis ugdymas remiamas kūrybine veikla, įtirtindamas kūrybos poreikį, vertinimo nuostatas, gebėjimus. Mokinio veikla- ne tik savitas individualios kult��ros pasireiškimo būdas, bet ir komponentas. Ugdymo procese tobulinant mokinio veiklą keičiasi ir asmens kultūra. Todėl mokinio veiklos, kaip jo kultūros komponento, tobulinimas meno (muzikos) mokykloje yra aktuali pedagoginė problema Tyrimo objektas yra mokinio veikla ir jos tobulinimas meno (muzikos) mokykloje. Tyrimo tikslas yra atskleisti mokinio veiklos, kaip kultūros komponento, tobulinimo prielaidas, meno (muzikos) mokykloje. Darbe apibūdinta mokyklos ugdymo samprata mokinio veiklos aspektu, aptartas mokinio veiklos modelis meno (muzikos) mokyklos pamokose, ištirtos pedagogų nuostatos, susijusios su mokinio veikla, pateikti mokino veiklos, kai kultūros komponento, vertinimo ir tobulinimo orientyrai. Atliktas tyrimas parodė, kad mokinio veiklos, kaip ir kultūros komponento... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The significance of musical training reveals in stimulating the person‘s cultural development. In the upbringing practice, the understanding of person’s culture process obtained values and their purpose depends on the way how they are shared and adapted. Personal interests and creative work dominate in the democratic society. It is important to the learner to know the cultural values, orient to them, try to create and in this way to improve individual culture, understanding the activity’s essence to evaluate the significance of the personal requirements. Musical training is supported by the creative work, consolidation of the cultural needs, evaluation guidelines and abilities. The learner’s activity is not only a distinctive method of individual culture expression but also a component. In the training process, the person’s culture changes together with the learner’s improved activity. Therefore, the improvement of the learner’s, as the cultural component’s, activity in the art (music) school is an actual educational problem. The research object is the learner’s activity and its improvement in the art (music) school. The research aim is to reveal the learner’s activity development premises in the art (music) school. The tasks of the research: to describe the musical training concept through the learner’s activity aspect, to discuss the model of the learner’s activity in the art (music) lessons, to analyze the educators’ attitude towards the learner’s activity and to propose... [to full text]

"Orchestral Excerpts for Conductors" is a compilation of sixty-five full score excerpts from the orchestral repertory arranged for string quartet and piano. The purpose of this collection is to provide conducting students with a pedagogical resource for learning how to handle technically challenging excerpts in orchestral music. This dissertation serves as a plan for the final publication of the excerpts book; while it includes the full score excerpts, it does not include the arrangements for string quartet and piano.

Denna självstudie undersöker en lärprocess i improvisation med avstamp i historisk västerländsk konstmusikalisk repertoar och två sonater av Domenico Scarlatti. Syftet med projektet var att se hur min förmåga att improvisera påverkades av övning och att studera historisk improvisation. Under studiens övningsperiod utforskades improvisation med utgångspunkt i historiska improvisationstekniker och nutida forskning. Utforskningen ägde rum under tio veckor och dokumenterades med videoobservation och loggbok som sedan transkriberades och analyserades utifrån tematisk analys. I resultatet beskriver jag designen av min improvisationsövning och konsekvenserna av den designen. Utforskningen av improvisation gick från fri utforskning mot att begränsningar lades till under övningstidens gång. I resultatet kunde ett antal tecken på utveckling av improvisationsförmåga ses. Det framkom också att mina improvisationer blev mer stringenta, med stabilare flöde och med fler musikaliska idéer under projektets gång. I diskussionen diskuteras olika perspektiv på improvisation i relation till resultatet. / This study examines a learning process in improvisation based on historical western art music repertoire and two sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti. The purpose of this project was to see how my ability to improvise was affected by practice and study of historical improvisation. Improvisation was explored on basis of historical improvisation techniques and contemporary research during the practice period of this study. The practice period took place over ten weeks and was documented with video observation and a logbook, which then was transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. In the result section I describe my design of my improvisation practice and the consequences of that design. The exploration of improvisation went from free to exploration to a more restricted exploration by the end of the practice period. A number of signs of development of my ability to improvise could be observed by the end of the practice period. I also found that my improvisations became more stringent, with a more stable flow and with more musical ideas during the project. The discussion section discusses different perspectives of improvisation in relation to the result.