Text in German / The study at hand proceeds from the assumption that there is a catechetical as well as a music pedagogical teaching tradition for young children. The touch points of the two disciplines emerge rather by chance than by design because one discipline uses the other as an approach. This study raises the key question if a music catechetics is possible. The term music catechetics is used to describe a learning process based on an equal balance of both music pedagogy and catechetics. The debate of this question requires interdisciplinary conversations. The answers can be found in developmental psychology as well as music psychology, music sociology, anthropology and ecclesiastical history. In the end this gives rise to practical theological criteria which can be used to answer and justify the question of music catechetics. / Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht von der Tatsache aus, dass es für Kleinkinder sowohl eine katechetische wie ein musikpädagogische Lehrtradition gibt. Die Berührungspunkte beider Disziplinen ergeben sich eher zufällig, indem sich die eine Disziplin der anderen Disziplin als Methode bedient. Diese Untersuchung stellt nun die zentrale Frage, ob eine Musikkatechese möglich ist. Unter einer Musikkatechese wird ein gleichberechtigter Lernvorgang verstanden, der sowohl Musikpädagogik als auch Katechetik erfasst. Um diese Frage zu erörtern werden interdisziplinäre Gespräche nötig. Sowohl die Entwicklungspsychologie, als auch Musikpsychologie, Musiksoziologie, Anthropologie und Kirchengeschichte werden befragt. Schließlich werden praktisch theologische Kriterien erhoben, aus denen heraus die Frage nach einer möglichen Musikkatechese beantwortet und begründet wird. / Practical Theology / M.Th. (Practical Theology)

Today’s leading brass chamber ensemble is the brass quintet, whose inception was relatively late compared to the string quartet or woodwind quintet. The first modern brass quintet formed in the 1950s, while the first string quartet can be traced to the 17th century. Compositions for woodwind quintet were written as early as 1811 during the Classical Period. The New York Brass Quintet, American Brass Quintet, and Annapolis Brass Quintet commissioned a large portion of the currently existing brass quintet literature. The literature grew exponentially as the brass quintet became popular in the 1960s. Also during this time, a new genre of works emerged for brass quintet with orchestral accompaniment. The paper references fifty-seven works for the brass quintet with orchestral accompaniment that were found through music catalogues, reviews, recordings and searching JSTOR, World Cat and Google. Since the author was not able to discover any scholarly treatment of this genre, this paper will address the gap and unearth the quantity of literature available. Many of these works are unrecorded. While there are many existing scores in the literature, there is a resurgence of compositions currently being written for brass quintet with orchestral accompaniment. This document is presented in two parts: Part I, “Overview of Brass Chamber Music in the Twentieth Century,” “Earliest Music in the United States for Brass Chamber Ensembles,” “A Brief History of the Modern Brass Quintet,” “Annapolis Brass Quintet,” and “A Survey of Existing Works for Brass Quintet and Orchestra.” The second part of this dissertation contains materials which are pertinent to the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree which include recital programs, program notes, and vita.

Eine Stunde im Licht verschiedener Theorien: Musikdidaktiker aus deutschen Hochschulen bzw. Universitäten betrachten eine exemplarische Musikstunde und machen mit deren Hilfe ihre Positionen deutlich. Dabei wird ein Kreis musikdidaktischer Perspektiven sichtbar, die über das gemeinsame Beispiel aufeinander bezogen werden können, sodass eine Kartierung gegenwärtiger Musikdidaktik entsteht. Das war die Ausgangsidee. Im Zentrum der Leipziger Tagung standen drei vielfältig dokumentierte Musikstunden aus verschiedenen Bundesländern, auf die sich zwölf Didaktiker bezogen. Sie konnten jede Stunde aus drei Kameraperspektiven betrachten, dazu hatten sie Leitfadeninterviews mit den Lehr-Lern-Akteuren. Nach jeweils vier Vorträgen trafen die Referierenden in Fishbowl-Diskussionen aufeinander, in denen das Publikum einen eigenen Platz hatte. Diese Diskussionen liegen, auf die zentralen Aussagen gekürzt, zusammen mit den Beiträgen vor. Die Stunden-DVDs, Beispielausschnitte der Autoren und Interview-Transkriptionen liegen der Printausgabe des Bandes bei. Die von den Autoren detailliert besprochenen Video-Ausschnitte sind in der hier vorliegenden elektronischen Ausgabe mit dem Text verlinkt. / A lesson in the light of different theories: experts on music education from German universities observe a typical music lesson and use it to explain their positions. This shows us a range of perspectives on music education which can be related to one another through the shared example, thus creating a map of current musical education theories. That was the original idea. At the centre of the Leipzig conference were three well-documented music lessons from different parts of Germany, which twelve educationalists referred to. They were able to observe each lesson from three different camera perspectives, and there were also guiding interviews with both teachers and learners. After every four presentations the speakers met in fishbowl discussions which were open to the audience. Abridged versions of these discussions are included alongside the essays. The DVDs of the lessons, sample excerpts from the speakers, and transcriptions of the interviews accompany the volume.

Eine Stunde im Licht verschiedener Theorien: Musikdidaktiker aus deutschen Hochschulen bzw. Universitäten betrachten eine exemplarische Musikstunde und machen mit deren Hilfe ihre Positionen deutlich. Dabei wird ein Kreis musikdidaktischer Perspektiven sichtbar, die über das gemeinsame Beispiel aufeinander bezogen werden können, sodass eine Kartierung gegenwärtiger Musikdidaktik entsteht. Das war die Ausgangsidee. Im Zentrum der Leipziger Tagung standen drei vielfältig dokumentierte Musikstunden aus verschiedenen Bundesländern, auf die sich zwölf Didaktiker bezogen. Sie konnten jede Stunde aus drei Kameraperspektiven betrachten, dazu hatten sie Leitfadeninterviews mit den Lehr-Lern-Akteuren. Nach jeweils vier Vorträgen trafen die Referierenden in Fishbowl-Diskussionen aufeinander, in denen das Publikum einen eigenen Platz hatte. Diese Diskussionen liegen, auf die zentralen Aussagen gekürzt, zusammen mit den Beiträgen vor. Die Stunden-DVDs, Beispielausschnitte der Autoren und Interview-Transkriptionen liegen der Printausgabe des Bandes bei. Die von den Autoren detailliert besprochenen Video-Ausschnitte sind in der hier vorliegenden elektronischen Ausgabe mit dem Text verlinkt. / A lesson in the light of different theories: experts on music education from German universities observe a typical music lesson and use it to explain their positions. This shows us a range of perspectives on music education which can be related to one another through the shared example, thus creating a map of current musical education theories. That was the original idea. At the centre of the Leipzig conference were three well-documented music lessons from different parts of Germany, which twelve educationalists referred to. They were able to observe each lesson from three different camera perspectives, and there were also guiding interviews with both teachers and learners. After every four presentations the speakers met in fishbowl discussions which were open to the audience. Abridged versions of these discussions are included alongside the essays. The DVDs of the lessons, sample excerpts from the speakers, and transcriptions of the interviews accompany the volume.

Die komprimierte Darstellung der Fishbowl bietet Einblicke in die aktuelle Diskussion fachspezifischer Fragen. Drei Experten (Thomas Ott, Christian Rolle und Wolfgang Martin Stroh) diskutieren nach ihren Einzelvorträgen miteinander über Grundfragen der Musikdidaktik. An der Diskussion können sich auch Einzelne aus dem Publikum beteiligen. Die Moderation hat Anne Niessen. Die Diskussion dreht sich wesentlich darum, was verschiedene Musikdidaktiker unter ästhetischen, musikalischen, musikbezogenen Wahrnehmungspraxen bzw. –tätigkeiten und Erfahrungen verstehen, außerdem um das Verhältnis dieser Begriffe zu Bildung, Symbolbildung, Bedeutungszuschreibung und Lernen. Die Theorie wird nicht nur an den Videos, sondern auch an erzählten Unterrichtsbeispielen festgemacht. / The abridged fishbowl-discussion gives an idea of currently discussed problems in the german discourse on music education at general schools (=music didactic). In Fishbowl C three experts (Thomas Ott, Christian Rolle und Wolfgang Martin Stroh with Anne Niessen as moderator) after their lectures discuss their understanding of aesthetic, musical and music-related kinds of praxis or activities of perception and experience in different theories of music education, and they relate this to the terms Bildung, learning and construction of symbols and meaning. Experts and guests from the audience illustrate their considerations with examples from the DVDs and with explained examples.

Text in German / The study at hand proceeds from the assumption that there is a catechetical as well as a music pedagogical teaching tradition for young children. The touch points of the two disciplines emerge rather by chance than by design because one discipline uses the other as an approach. This study raises the key question if a music catechetics is possible. The term music catechetics is used to describe a learning process based on an equal balance of both music pedagogy and catechetics. The debate of this question requires interdisciplinary conversations. The answers can be found in developmental psychology as well as music psychology, music sociology, anthropology and ecclesiastical history. In the end this gives rise to practical theological criteria which can be used to answer and justify the question of music catechetics. / Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht von der Tatsache aus, dass es für Kleinkinder sowohl eine katechetische wie ein musikpädagogische Lehrtradition gibt. Die Berührungspunkte beider Disziplinen ergeben sich eher zufällig, indem sich die eine Disziplin der anderen Disziplin als Methode bedient. Diese Untersuchung stellt nun die zentrale Frage, ob eine Musikkatechese möglich ist. Unter einer Musikkatechese wird ein gleichberechtigter Lernvorgang verstanden, der sowohl Musikpädagogik als auch Katechetik erfasst. Um diese Frage zu erörtern werden interdisziplinäre Gespräche nötig. Sowohl die Entwicklungspsychologie, als auch Musikpsychologie, Musiksoziologie, Anthropologie und Kirchengeschichte werden befragt. Schließlich werden praktisch theologische Kriterien erhoben, aus denen heraus die Frage nach einer möglichen Musikkatechese beantwortet und begründet wird. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. (Practical Theology)

We have many developmental theories contributing to our understanding of children as they meander steadfastly toward maturation. Yet, none have reported on how young children interpret the qualitative meaning and importance of their own music-making experiences. Music created by average, not prodigious, young children is perceived by adults as “play” music rather than “real” music. But do young children take the same view as adults? When Piaget speaks of the young child’s qualitatively unique view and experience of the world (Ginsberg & Opper, 1988), can we assume that his statement encompasses young children’s predispositions related to music-making? Music is understood to occur when people act intentionally to produce and organize sound into rhythm and form. The guiding questions for this study are, What evidence is there to show that, when following an adult music leader, young children can engage in authentic music-making behavior and produce identifiable musical structures that move beyond random sounds or ‘noise’? What evidence is there to show that children's music-making behavior develops according to developmental stages? trek This qualitative field study observed and videotaped over 100 children between 2 and 7 years old who chose to engage in music-making behavior in a socially-rich school environment during structured activities guided by an adult “music leader.” The data gathered from this study suggest that young children’s motivation to make music derive from predispositions unrelated to notions of cultural and artistic expression thereby differing from adult musical needs and are instead based on more primary responses to their own developmental needs and their social environment. Functioning as “music leader,” the PI appeared to serve as an indispensable interface for assuring authenticity in the children’s music-making at all stages of development. The older children did not introduce any novel behavior specifically related to making music. However, due to the progression of cognitive and social maturity across the range of ages, new extra-musical behavior (EMB) slowly emerged at each developmental stage always seeming to enrich the experience relative to a particular group.

Enrique Granados, Frank Marshall, and Alicia de Larrocha are the chief exponents of a school of piano playing characterized by special attention to details of pedalling, voicing, and refined piano sonority. Granados and Marshall dedicated the major part of their efforts in the field to the pedagogy of these principles. Their work led to the establishment of the Granados Academy in Barcelona, a keyboard conservatory which operates today under the name of the Frank Marshall Academy. Both Granados and Marshall have left published method books detailing their pedagogy of pedalling and tone production. Granados' book, Metodo Teorico Practico para el Uso de los Pedales del Piano (Theoretical and Practical Method for the Use of the Piano Pedals) is presently out of print and available in a photostatic version from the publisher. Marshall's works, Estudio Practico sobre los Pedales del Piano (Practical Study of the Piano Pedals) and La Sonoridad del Piano (Piano Sonority) continue to be used at the Marshall Academy and are available from Spanish publishing houses. This study brings information contained in these three method books to the forefront and demonstrates its relevance to the performance of the music of Granados, specifically the Escenas Romanticas. Alicia de Larrocha, Marshall's best known pupil, currently holds the directorship of the Marshall Academy, and as such, is perhaps the best living authority on this entire line of pianistic and pedagogical thought. An interview conducted with Madame de Larrocha in April of 1983 adds detail and provides valuable perspective about the present use and relevance of these materials and concepts.

Yvonne Desportes (1907-1993) was an influential female composer, teacher, and music theorist. Her early success as a recipient of the Prix de Rome for composition (1932) marked the beginning of her distinguished career in music culminating in a 35-year professorship at the Paris Conservatory. Despite the relative obscurity of her music, Desportes was a prolific composer and published numerous works for clarinet quartet. This dissertation seeks to promote the clarinet music of Yvonne Desportes through a pedagogical examination of her clarinet quartets. The equitable parts and quality of Desportes' compositional style allow her clarinet quartets to be effective teaching tools for the development of fundamental clarinet skills relating to tone, technique, and musical style.