Diss.--Bern. / "Literature consulted": p. [50]

This paper will investigate the two primary flute compositions by New Zealand composer Gillian Whitehead (b. 1941), who is perhaps the most well-known composer from that country. This paper focuses on two works: Hine Raukatauri (1999), a piece for three Western flutes (flute, piccolo, and alto flute) and traditional Maori instruments (taonga puoro); and Taurangi, (1999) for flute and piano. Both of these works demonstrate Whitehead's appreciation for and understanding of traditional Maori music and instruments. The importance of Hine Raukatauri is in the blend between Western and Maori flutes, and how Whitehead creates a unified sound with very different instruments. The second work, Taurangi, is for two Western instruments, yet the sounds that are produced from the flute show a very definite connection with traditional Maori instruments. Whitehead also uses the piano in unconventional ways, including rolling a ping pong ball across the strings, inside the piano. Whitehead's biographical information is presented, including details about her family background and Maori ancestry, the sites of her musical training, her compositions, and the most important influences on her work. Much of the information in the document is based on interviews with the composer and others of her circle.

Zugl. Diss. Univ. Frankfurt (Main), 2007.

Thesis--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. [201]-204.

Diss.--Université d'Ottawa, 1994. Titre de soutenance : Les concepts de Dieu dans "Process and Reality" de Alfred North Whitehead. / Bibliogr. p. 275-293.

Este trabalho apresenta a teoria de homotopia simples, desenvolvida por J. H. C. Whitehead, com o objetivo de obter um método para classificar espaços com o mesmo tipo de homotopia. Com esta motivação, Whitehead introduz o conceito de equivalência de homotopia simples entre complexos simpliciais, que posteriormente é generalizado para complexos CW, espaços criados pelo próprio Whitehead. Um resultado imediato desta teoria é que quando dois espaços têm o mesmo tipo de homotopia simples, eles têm o mesmo tipo de homotopia. A recíproca desta afirmação é então conjecturada. Mostraremos que trata-se de uma conjectura falsa, contudo a investigação de sua confirmação produz um material que toma rumo próprio. Nosso enfoque são os aspectos algébricos envolvidos nesta investigação / This work presents the simple-homotopy theory, developed by J. H. C. Whitehead, with the goal to get an method to classify spaces with the same homotopy type. So, with this motivation, Whitehead introduced the concept of simple-homotopy equivalence between simplicial complexes, that later was generalized for CW complexes, spaces created by himself. An immediate result of this theory is that, if two spaces have the same simple-homotopy type, they have the same homotopy type. Then, the reciprocal statement is conjectured. We will show that the conjecture is not true, but the research about its truthfulness produces a material that takes its own way. Our approach are the algebraic aspects involved in this research

Dissertation--Augsburg, 2004.

Thesis--Frankfurt am Main.

Zugl.: Frankfurt (Main), Univ., Diss., 2007

"Thesis ... awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Mysore." / Bibliography: p. [441]-446.