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Exploring homilies and hymnody : the thematic relationship between George Whitefield’s sermons and A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship.
(2017-11-14)
This thesis examines George Whitefield’s A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship and presents a thematic analysis of the hymn book’s lyrical content. This research contributes to a fuller understanding of Whitefield’s ...
A history of music ministry at the United States Air Force Academy Chapel with an emphasis on Protestant worship, 1954-1984.
(, 2013-09-16)
The primary objective of the United States Air Force Academy is to produce quality leaders that serve as officers in the United States Air Force. Many programs at the Academy help accomplish this goal, one of which is the ...
Ecstatic Utterances explained : a companion to Ecstatic Utterances.
(, 2013-05-15)
This paper provides technical and philosophical insight into the composition
Ecstatic Utterances. Three distinguishing approaches feature in this thesis: strands, and
their accompanying theory; harmonic crescendo and ...
Spark for wind ensemble.
(2010-06-23)
Spark for Wind Ensemble is an attempt to compose an accessible and exciting piece of concert music for the wind ensemble that possesses a depth and richness rarely achieved within the medium’s repertoire. The idea of a ...
Memory, identity, and farce in carnival mirrors : a director's approach to David Lindsay-Abaire's "Fuddy Meers".
(2010-06-23)
American playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s central subject of interest is a world turned upside down by hardship and pain. Although commonly labeled a dark farce, Lindsay-Abaire’s 1999 play, Fuddy Meers, is haunted by the ...
The relational ethics of church music.
(2018-07-19)
Music is an “indispensable” aspect of Protestant Christian worship, to use Brian Wren’s term (2000, 48). Yet it is also perceived as one of the most divisive aspects of that activity, with scholars, practitioners, and ...
Composers as spiritual mediators : Henryk Górecki and John Luther Adams.
(, 2012-08-08)
This thesis considers how composers act as agents of spiritual mediation. It examines two individuals of divergent philosophical and cultural perspectives. Henryk Górecki and John Luther Adams responded to twentieth-century ...
Voices of the soul.
(, 2013-09-16)
Voices of the Soul is a composition for orchestra and mezzo-soprano that comprises two movements. It uses texts by the Argentinian writer and poet Alfonsina Storni. Two contrasting ideas are illustrated in the piece, ...
An investigation of pedagogical methods for increasing the perceived relevance of music theory courses to undergraduate music students.
(, 2011-09-14)
This thesis investigates three pedagogical avenues toward increasing the perceived relevance of music theory to undergraduate music students. These avenues include exploring the relation of analysis to performance, the ...
American diversity and the Genesis of Mass settings following the Second Vatican Council : a case study of Mary Lou’s Mass and La misa panamericana.
(2015-07-31)
This thesis will examine how ethnic diversity in American Catholicism contributed to the development of vernacular Mass settings in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. The case studies, Mary Lou’s Mass and La misa ...