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A Discussion of Four Cadenzas Written for the Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto Opus 58
This paper evaluates the style of four candezas written for the Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto, Opus 58. Dennis W. Hay introduces the history of the cadenza before focusing on the works by the individual composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Medtner, and Casadesus.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Hay, Dennis W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exploring the Distinction Between a Two-Dimensional and a Three-Dimensional Reality
Two ways of apprehending reality were intimated; reality as a function of purely visual stimuli and reality as a substantial object. The problem was, therefore, an exploration of reality as a purely visual sense and reality as concrete form. In pursuing the project, I explored how each reality distinguished itself by separating each in the prior conception of the work and in the subsequent discussion.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Strickler, Kevin G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Formulating Stains for use in 08 Temperature Salt Firing
I developed twenty-three stains to use in low-temperature salt firing for my work. The stains that i made were compared to the commercially made stains to determine the similarities and differences. I felt that after much experimentation using a variety of different oxides in different amounts and calcining these amounts together in an electric kiln (heating the oxides up to about 1733 degrees Fahrenheit) that I was able to produce stable and consistent stains.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Brady, Kevin J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Order and Disorder in my Sculpture and Painting
For this project, I explored the relationship of order and disorder within ten pieces of mixed media works. For the purpose of this paper, "order" is defined as the unity of all parts and details of a whole, standing in their proper relationship, each playing its own role without interfering with the functions of any other part. "Disorder is a force or combination of forces that unsettles or disarranges.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Ross, Gloria J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Text Processing for Thai Characters
The purpose of this project is 1) to create a Thai character set for text processing, 2) to write a text processing program for the character set, and 3) to allow users to create and save the text.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Tarapoom, Nirut
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The NTSU School of Music Practice Room Scheduling System
This is a report concerning the project I completed for my 590 (special problem) credit. The subject of this project was a system for interactive practice room scheduling by music students at NTSU. This system was created in the fall semester of 1982 as a class project for software Development (CSCI 553) with Dr. Irby. The system was not completely finished, and I received permission from Dr. Irby to finish it and help implement its use at the Music department. I was able to observe three usages of the system: Spring, Summer I, and Summer II semesters of 1983. This report details the problems encountered during each of these usages, and changes made to the system due to them. Results of a first-use survey, under documentation, and complete final code listings were also included.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Reed, Susan C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Triangle: A Teaching Program of High School Geometry
Among the early applications of computers, one can find frequent mention of intelligent instructional systems. Such intelligent instructional systems represent a new generation of learner-based computer aided instruction, preceded in time by the original frame-based systems and an intervening generation of expert-based CAI. The history of CAI is characterized by three generations: Frame-based CAI, Expert-based CAI and Learner-based CAI.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Chen, Yei-Huang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War Is Kind
This composition is a single-movement work for three choirs and full orchestra, including celesta, piano, and four percussionists. Total duration is fifteen minutes. The music is divided into six sections, with the overall form being substantially influenced by the structure of the poem, War Is Kind, by Stephen Crane (1871-1900). Many devices are utilized to contrast tension and relaxation, as associated with ironic elements of the text, with repetition and development of musical elements and motives providing unity for the entire work.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Hinderlie, Sanford E. (Sanford Edward)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
In Morte Nobilis
In Morte Nobilis is a cantata for chamber orchestra and three vocal soloists, and is approximately seventeen minutes in duration. Each of the three movements features a different vocal soloists (soprano, baritone, or tenor) and each movement concerns a specific Christian martyr. Texts for In Morte Nobilis are extracted from the writings and biographies of the martyrs. Each text gives the listener some insight as to how each martyr faced their death with courage and unwavering faith. The music of In Morte Nobilis gives additional insight as to what these martyrs faced. This is accomplished through a building and release of tension and dissonance, as well as some use of non-standard vocal technique.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Jones, Wilma Katherine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Polysonisisms
Polysonisisms is a one-movement work for symphonic wind ensemble and electronic tape of approximately eleven minutes' duration. The title conveys two ideas: many sounds and processes. Pitch use is based on a system for calculating the potential dissonance of four-note sets. From this system all linear and vertical pitch materials are derived.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Martin, Charles Ross
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Variations Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Variations Concerto is a work for large orchestra and solo trumpet of approximately sixteen minutes duration. The work is scored for piccolo, flute, two oboes (one doubling English horn), two clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet in B-flat, two bassoons, four horns in F, three trumpets in B-flat, two trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, the solo trumpet in C, and strings. The large percussion battery includes glockenspiel, xylophone, chimes, vibraphone, four graduated wood blocks, four graduated triangles, temple blocks, four high toms, finger cymbals, four wood drums, four automobile brake drums, five medium toms, four low toms, four graduated suspended cymbals, snare drum, and four graduated metal pipes.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Brown, Jonathan Bruce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music for Katurah
Music for Katurah is scored for string quartet, flute, alto flute, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, piano, and two percussion with total duration of approximately nineteen minutes. The work has three movements and uses spatial as well as standard notation. Each movement begins softly, builds gradually to a highpoint, and returns to the soft beginning. Timbral exploration and improvisation are prominent features in this piece. Also, through the use of spatial and standard notation, the piece combines strict rhythms and free rhythms.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Kersting, Fritz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Transference of the Image
I decided to simplify the composition of my work in subject matter, color, size and style without destroying its visual impact. Experimentation in surface quality gave variety to the simplified content. My main commitment to the accomplishment of this problem was to avoid complexity in any form. I wanted to give as much information as possible using minimal means.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Verret, Denise A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chronomorphosis
Chronomorphosis is a chamber ensemble piece for flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, and percussion. The work, comprising three movements is approximately fourteen minuted in duration. One of the most apparent characteristics of the work is its progression from non-metrical time organization involving aleatoric elements to metrical time organization involving changing meters but no aleatoric elements. The Pitch set is a constant element throughout the piece. The instrumentation selected exhibits a variety of color in all ranges: the flute in the upper register, the clarinet, viola, and vibes in the middle register, and the cello and the timpani in the lower register, the piano having access to all registers.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Hemphill, David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Chinese Tea Trade and Its Influence on the English Garden of the Eighteenth Century
The problem discusses the influence that tea trade between England and China may have had on eighteenth-century English garden architecture and aesthetics. Five chapters include an historical overview of non-Oriental influences on the garden, the relationship between Britain and China, the evolution of the tea trade, the motifs and decoration of tea wares, and a summary with conclusions. Conclusions reached were that tea was responsible for importation of porcelains in Britain, architectural structures in the garden were inspired by scenes on tea wares, predilection for Chinese motifs in the minds of the English may have resulted from their drinking tea, and it seems probable that affected garden aesthetics but there is no conclusive evidence.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Miller, Bobbie J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Human Alpha 1-Acid Glycoprotein: a Study of Genetic Variation
Human Alpha 1-acid Glycoprotein (AAG) was analyzed quantitavely and qualityatively for differences which could be associated with oncogenesis. Levels of seru, AAG were elevated in most mlignancies, particularly in malignant melanomas, malignant myelomas, and in solid tumors of the lung, kidney, colon, or other organs.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Thaxton, E. Simone
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Studies of Pigment-Lipid-Protein Complexes Isolated from the Cell Membrane of Xanthomonas Juglandis (Campestris)
Separation of the pigment-lipid esters of Xanthomonas juglandis (campestris) in a silica gel G:celite 545 column yielded 4 bands. Two of these bands, ester #1 and #2, make up over 95% of the mixture. Analysis of the four pigments indicate that three are phospholipids and that the phosphate accounts for about 3-4% of the weight of each of the two major esters.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Aririatu, Lawrence Emeka
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Studies on Carotenoid Biosynthesis and Carotenoproteins of Corynebacterium Poinsettiae ATCC 9682
Thin layer chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography were used to compare pigments of the wild type streptomycin resistant strain of C. poinsettiae with those of mutants derived from it. Possible biosynthetic pathways in carotenoid biosynthesis of the wild type were postulated on the basis of observed blocks in pigment synthesis.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Wariso, Benjamin A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kami
Kami is a two-movement composition for chamber orchestra. It is scored for two flutes; two Bb clarinets; bassoon; two F horns; Bb trumpet; bass trombone; a percussion section consisting of two performers alternating on triangle, suspended cymbal, three toms (low, medium, high), two timpani, and xylophone; piano; harp; and strings. The movements are approximately five and six minutes in duration, respectively, with a total duration of approximately eleven minutes. The title, Kami, is taken from the Japanese word for "god," and is meant to convey a sense of otherworldliness. This piece is intended as a fantasy for chamber orchestra, merging eastern and western musical influences.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Chang, Debra Wei Kwen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Reader as Rhetor: a Group Interpretation Script for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth
This thesis examines the rhetorical dimensions of oral interpretation. A group interpretation script entitled "A New Prayer for Peace" was compiled and rehearsed. Two public performances were given to audiences in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth (Texas). The audience members were surveyed to solicit subjective reaction.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Skiles, Richard Kent
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Modulation of P1798 Lymposarcoma Proliferation by Protein Phosphorylation
The role of protein kinases in modulating cell proliferation was examined. Studies characterized the regulation of cell proliferation by adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase (cA-PK). Calcium/calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) was isolated and examined as a potential substrate regulated by cA-PK in the rapidly proliferating.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Michnoff, Carolyn A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Mélodie in the Chansons de mer of Charles-Marie Widor, a Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of A. Vivaldi, R. Strauss, R. Hahn, G. Binkerd, N. Rorem, G. Brevi, G. Faure, R. Trunk, S. Adler, D. Pinkham, D. Argento, T. Pasatieri, and Others
The lecture recital, given on April 18, 1983, began with biographical background that suggests the influences on the compositional development of both the composer, Charles Widor, and the poet, Paul Bourget, of the Chanons de mer. Songs were chosen to examine the characteristics that not only enhance Widor's poetic rendering, but impart to the Chansons de mer the more intellectual appeal often desired in today's concert repertoire.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
DeMent-Rutledge, Melanie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music and Music Education in Abilene, Texas, 1881-1911
The purpose of this study is to trace the role of music and music education in Abilene, Texas, from 1881 to 1911. The research presents historical data relative to five categories: Educational music, cultural music, religious music, music of the vernacular, and music merchandising. The study utilizes personal interviews, newspaper files, city directories, local histories, photographs, city and county documents, school documents, minutes of public school board meetings, minutes of meetings of churches, school catalogues, articles in journals, unpublished works, and published books.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
George, Silas Edwin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Azotobacteraceae and Triacontanol on Orchid Protocorm and Seedling Growth
The effect of adding pure cultures of Azotobacteraceae ad triacontanol to orchid protocorms and seedlings was studies to determine if significant enhancement of various growth parameters would result in axenic cultures of orchids.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Rozell, James F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library