The purpose of this study was to prepare an index of choral works performed on Southern Division programs of the American Choral Director's Association. The study was begun by collecting and collating Division programs. Information gleaned from the programs was processed for frequency, percentage of occurrence, and comparison studies. The procedure of the study included processing titles, composers and other information into a form of 14 fields of information. This information was investigated to determine trends and directions of the Southern Division programming. The fields of information were studied to ascertain the following information: (1) To study similarities and differences in literature performed during Southern Division Conventions, (2) To compare the frequency of performance of literature representing each musical style period, (3) To compare the frequency of performance of music by specific composers, (4) To investigate the frequency of appearance of specific musical selections, groups, and conductors, (5) To investigate and compare appearances of groups representing various classifications: Children, Junior High School, Senior High School, College or University, Church, Community/Adult, Women's Voices, Men's Voices, and Professional Choral Singers, (6) To ascertain balance between performances of literature with sacred and/or secular texts, (7) To provide choral conductors a guide through which they may gain an overview of literature performed on Southern Division Convention programs, (8) To preserve Southern Division Convention concert program information as part of ACDA's history. / The study was based upon an extraction of fourteen fields of information gleaned from the Southern Division Convention programs: Title, Composer, Arranger, Publisher, Octavo #, Text, Language, Accompaniment, Convention Year, Style, Group Type, Group Class, Group Name, and Conductor. / In Chapter Three, a review of the data was presented in tables and descriptive analysis. One analysis included tables of information identified by Convention Year. Frequency of occurrence and percentage of occurrence columns were included. / Chapter Four presented results of an investigation to determine trends of programming. Convention programs were studied to ascertain the direction of their content. / Chapter Five provided a comparison between Southern Division Convention programming and that found in a study of ACDA National Conventions. / There are four indexes: an index by Title; an index by Composer; an index by Arranger and an index displaying those titles of compositions for which neither composer nor arranger was identified. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-03, Section: A, page: 0660. / Major Professor: Colleen J. Kirk. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76607 |
| Contributors | Rucker, Anthony Taylor., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 556 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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