FORTRAN Graphics Library (open access)

FORTRAN Graphics Library

The objective of this work is to help the faculty, staffs and students of NTSU to use the CalComp plotting facility very easily. Therefore, this work is written in such a step by step and self-explanatory way to help the reader to understand and grasp the essential technique of the computer plotting. Each subroutine illustrated in this work has been run and checked by our NTSU computer-CalComp plotting facility; the results of sample programs and illustrated graphs are believed to be very useful to understand each individual subroutine. Basically, software packages are stored in the magnetic disk of the IBM 360 computer as the standard graphic subroutines. These subroutines were written in FORTRAN IV. The user can write the driving program to call these subroutines and also inputs the desire data to the computer for computation. The results of computation will be outputed and stored in the magnetic tape.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Ling-Yann, Huang
System: The UNT Digital Library
PILOT for the Apple II Microcomputer (open access)

PILOT for the Apple II Microcomputer

PILOT (Programmed Inquiry, Learning or Teaching) is a simple, conversational language developed in 1969 by John A. Starkweather at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. Originally designed for computer assisted instructional needs, PILOT also has been effectively used as an introductory computer language. The PILOT system developed for the Apple II microcomputer consists of two programs, PILOT EDITOR and PILOT DRIVER, which are written in Applesoft and which use the Apple II disk operating system. The PILOT system was designed to facilitate easy authoring and execution of programs written in an extended version of the PILOT language. Due to the memory requirements of the programs and the Apple II disk operating system, the PILOT system described here should be executed on a machine with at least 32k bytes of random access memory.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Ellis, Richard George
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Neutralization of the Figure Within a Controlled Environment (open access)

The Neutralization of the Figure Within a Controlled Environment

The questions I have addressed in regard to neutralization were as follows: 1. How important was the figure to the environment? 2. How far could the figure's physical presence be reduced and still contribute to the concepts of the painting? 3. How vividly was the figure presented while still complying with the requirements to meet neutralization? 4. Did color and texture aid in neutralizing the figure, and, if so, how? 5. Did the scale of the paintings have any effect on the neutralization process?
Date: August 1979
Creator: Gibson, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spontaneous Installations of Flexible Combinations of Woven Modular Forms (open access)

Spontaneous Installations of Flexible Combinations of Woven Modular Forms

The purpose of this project was to investigate the possibilities of reorganizing space by arranging woven modules. These units were to be separable and flexible in regard to their spacial relationships and interrelatedness in any installation. This problem was examined in these specific ways: 1) Is it possible to create a sense of volume in forms woven flat on a standard floor loom as simple, single-layer or double-layer fabrics and later manipulate them into three-dimensional structures? 2) how can fundamentally simple, fibrous materials be utilized to achieve an effect of scale without overpowering their intrinsic qualities? 3) To what extent, if any, will lighting interact with woven fabric to create the illusion of an extended space? 4) can woven modules be created with enough flexibility of form to be responsive to varying relationships to each other and to specific installation spaces?
Date: August 1979
Creator: Burchett, Jayme Schaumann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spontaneous Imagery Within Shaped Formats (open access)

Spontaneous Imagery Within Shaped Formats

The primary concerns and problems which were addressed in this project were: 1. were the shaped formats more of less effective when derived directly from maps and/or photographic panoramas as opposed to deriving them from my own memory and imagination? 2.Was the negative space in which the intaglio prints float, more or less effective than the paintings and drawings which have no bordering negative space? 3. What differences exist in the spontaneous imagery when putting down the initial marks, with my eyes closed, as opposed to when my eyes were open. 4. Did values painted, drawn, or printed over the spontaneous imagery expand the spacial implications and enhance the overall coordination? 5. What problems arose in construction of the shaped formats, how they were solved, and what was the best way to finish the edges for presentation?
Date: August 1979
Creator: Hart, Michael Ralph
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis for Performance of Les Nuits d’été by Hector Berlioz, Opus 7 (open access)

An Analysis for Performance of Les Nuits d’été by Hector Berlioz, Opus 7

This paper analyzes Hector Berlioz's song cycle Les Nuits d’été, Opus 7, for the purpose of performance. Along with musical analysis, Anna Ruth Stone also provides background about the poet Théophile Gautier and describes the appeal of the Berlioz's song cycle.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Stone, Anna Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Orchestral Pianism” (open access)

“Orchestral Pianism”

This paper discusses the concept of "orchestral pianism" as a quality of composition that utilizes the piano's capability of imitating orchestral and vocal sounds. Patrick Widhalm explores the history of the concept, its roots, and the major composers whose writing employed this capability.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Widhalm, Patrick
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Folk-Song and Poetic Influences in the Piano Music of Brahms (open access)

A Study of the Folk-Song and Poetic Influences in the Piano Music of Brahms

This paper highlight the history of the German folk-song and its influence on the work of composer Johannes Brahms. Barbara Gilbert Williams discusses the rise, fall, and rival of the folk-song as an art form and how it and poetry is incorporated into Brahms's compositions.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Williams, Barbara Gilbert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Bach’s Chaconne in D Minor for Solo Violin and Its Piano Transcription by Ferrucio Busoni (1866-1924) (open access)

Comparison of Bach’s Chaconne in D Minor for Solo Violin and Its Piano Transcription by Ferrucio Busoni (1866-1924)

This paper provides an analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's Chaconne in D minor for Solo Violin and its piano transcription by Ferrucio Busoni. Hsiao-Hung Ku highlights the value of transcribing music and compares the original work to its transcription.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Ku, Hsiao-Hung
System: The UNT Digital Library
Six Mélodies Populaires Grecques, by Maurice Ravel (open access)

Six Mélodies Populaires Grecques, by Maurice Ravel

This paper provides an analysis of Maurice Ravel's song cycle Cinq mélodies populaires grecques and "Tripatos." Pamela D. Hamblin discusses Ravel's musical style of composition and investigates the background and the individuality of the songs.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Hamblin, Pamela D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Technical Solutions With Possible Alternatives in the Performance of Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 10 (open access)

A Comparison of Technical Solutions With Possible Alternatives in the Performance of Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 10

This paper explores the development of the practice of etudes and provides technical solutions for Frédéric Chopin's Etudes, Op. 10. David McKamie explores each etude in turn and considers various methods to perform them.
Date: August 1979
Creator: McKamie, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compositional Techniques Using the Clarinet in the Swing Period in Big Band Jazz (open access)

Compositional Techniques Using the Clarinet in the Swing Period in Big Band Jazz

This paper discusses the compositional techniques developed for the clarinet during the Swing period of big band jazz. Victor E. Wertz traces the history of big band jazz and highlights some major clarinetists and their performance techniques.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Wertz, Victor E.
System: The UNT Digital Library