Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 1992. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-198).

Inaug.-diss.--Halle. / Lebenslauf.

Thesis (D. Creative Arts)--University of Wollongong, 2005. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2005). Ill., musical examples, and most tables present in print version are lacking in the electronic version, as are accompanying sound recordings on 2 compact discs. Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and discography (p. 192-193).

Thesis (M.M.)--Duquesne University, 2004. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-82) and index.

The serpent, an extinct musical instrument, was important to the development of contemporary low brass. Its characteristics, performance problems, and literature give insight into its development as well as reasons for its ultimate demise and replacement with technically more advanced instruments.

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Dissertation (D.M.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2009. / Directed by Jack F. Masarie; submitted to the School of Music. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jul. 20, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-87).

No description available.

The need for a valve mechanism of some type was first felt by French horn players, and after the horn's valve system had somewhat proved itself to composers as well as instrumentalists, it was adapted for the other brass instruments.

Se a música brasileira em muitas de suas manifestações é reconhecida pela sua excelência, o mesmo não se pode dizer dos instrumentos musicais produzidos em território nacional. Em relação aos instrumentos eletrônicos que começaram a surgir na década de 1960, isso leva a crer que não houve nenhuma iniciativa dentro do Brasil que pudesse mudar esse quadro. No entanto, isto está longe de ser verdade, como esta pesquisa pretende mostrar. Mesmo assim, até hoje a confecção de instrumentos eletrônicos é dominada pela indústria estrangeira, sugerindo uma maior investigação e reflexão dos fatores que levaram a esta situação. Como será visto, isto não tem a ver somente com a qualidade (ou falta dela) dos projetos descritos ao longo desta pesquisa, mas com outros fatores que vão para além de problemas meramente tecnológicos ou musicais. / If Brazilian music in its various manifestations is recognized as excellent, it cant be said the same about the musical instruments made in the country. Regarding the electronic musical instruments that began to be made about the 1960s onwards, this lead to the believing that nothing was made inside the country to change that scene. But it is far from true, and that is the point of this text. Otherwise, the making of electronic musical instruments is dominated by a foreign industry, suggesting a broader investigation and reflection about the facts that led to this situation. As it will be seen, this has nothing to do with the quality (or the lackof it) of the projects described along this text, but with other reasons going beyond questions simply put as technological or musical.