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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
A Case Study of the Character Carmen
This paper discusses the portrayal of the character of Carmen in the novel written by Prosper Mérimée and in the opera written by Georges Bizet. Sharon Grahnquist provides historical background to the character and her creation, and offers and interpretation of the intended performance.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Grahnquist, Sharon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Use of a Torch with Ceramic Materials
This report documents the changes in my work as a ceramic artist over a two-year period, imposed upon, and inspired by, the use of a propane torch on the surface of the clay vessel. The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to provide information about this particular tool for methods of survace decoration; (2) to provide information about a subjective thought process directed by properties in this particular tool.
Date:
December 1983
Creator:
Bradley, David L.
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
Conceptual Structure: The Extension of a Metaphor
This descriptive report is designed to document the development of this conceptual structure. The purpose is to clarify each aspect of the metaphor and its relationship to the conceptual structure thereby providing more organized , as well as new material to strengthen future work. This metaphor serves as a triggering mechanism for visual imagery.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Loomis, Margaret M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Textile Constructions and their Affect on Personal Imagery
The problem was to combine yarns and fabrics, through various textile processes, (off-loom and on-loom techniques may be incorporated), that involve a personal dimension and an aesthetic value. The specific questions to be examined were the following: 1. How are successful textural surfaces achieved? 2. What kinds of interdependence among color, surface texture, and imagery exist? 3. How foes scale affect the works? 4. In what ways are autobiographical images compatible with the processes?
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Gray, Deborah Hartley
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Musical/Visual Performance: "A Cat on the Piano"
In the visual arts, I was interested in creating patterns with clay, glass, and metal, utilizing the visual elements (line, color, shape and texture). I arranged, rearranged, and distorted the elements until I obtained a fragmented, yet, unified pattern. My visual ideas were rhythmical (gestural) in nature with or without the direct stimulus of music. Concepts originated in my mind with symbols and sounds simultaneously.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Ang, Stephen
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
The Synthesis of a Image Vocabulary Using Found Objects as a Primary Source for Abstraction
The synthesis of mechanical/organic abstracted forms with suggestive power and specific purpose are elements i decided to continue to explore. I wished to make a more careful and systematic analysis of how something man-made could be transformed into a quasi-mechanical abstraction, perhaps a process similar to that in the Mayan art. The purpose of this project was: (1) to analyze how the shapes and forms arise in my abstract images and (2) to devise specific functions for them within the context of the final form.
Date:
December 1983
Creator:
Hayes, Lorraine J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Images as Metaphors for Desire
To determine the effectiveness of the combinations of images as metaphors for desire I asked the following questions during the course of my exploration: 1. On what basis were the objects chosen? 2. What are the relationships between and among the images in the paintings? 3. How do these relationships constitute a metaphor for desire? 4. What visual devices influence the relationships between the images?
Date:
December 1983
Creator:
Holloway, Melinda Kathleen
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
Clothing Derived From Lepidoptera Forms
Each design attempted to fulfill three requirements. The design should be effective as displayed in an exhibition; it should retain its sculptural effect when worn; and it should convey a feeling of envelopment for the wearer. In addition to these requirements, the seven pieces were designed and constructed with four problems in mind. First, how did changes in media or technique effect each garment in terms of surface embellishment, drapability, et cetera? Second, how did the scale of a garment alter the medium or technique used and the pattern shape used? Third, what were the design limitations of both the folded rectangle construction and the wing-sleeve design with triangular pattern shapes? Fourth, were some designs more successful than others in creating an envelopment for the body?
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Byron, Janet L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Handmade Paper as an Artistic Medium
The purpose of this study was to bring a new conceptual quantitative balance to the existing elements in my work thereby establishing a new clarity. It was felt that the above accomplishment would bring about new worth; so that when my work was perceived it would have a greater impact upon the viewer. An expectant visual richness in the imagery would prove that it had been strengthened through simplification of the relationship of form to content. This new visual richness would bring about a new conceptual level to the work, because it had been synthesized into a meaningful statement.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Shinpaugh, Weldon D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of an Environmental Performance with the use of Light and Projected Photographic Imagery
The primary objective of this creative project was to create an environmental performance through the use of light as the principal medium. Most of the photographic imagery had been completed. The remaining task involved creating an effective and workable system to integrate the projected imagery with the neon light placements. Each system, illustrated in the figures, attempted to create a different approach in using the light mediums.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Aaboe, Richard David
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
Mini-ADA Compiler Project
The Ada language is one of the most controversial topics in computer science today. Ada was originally designed as a solution to the software maintenance problems encountered by the United States Department of Defense[2], and as a multi-purpose language to be used particularly in an embedded computer system[7]. Never before has a project been undertaken. The Ada language does not simply entail the construction of a new compiler or a new language definition, it is this and a great deal more.
Date:
October 1983
Creator:
Chang, Kai
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
Vaporization of synthetic fuels. Final report.
The problem of transient droplet vaporization in a hot convective environment is examined. The main objective of the present study is to develop an algorithm for the droplet vaporization which is simple enough to be feasibly incorporated into a complete spray combustion analysis and yet will also account for the important physics such as liquid-phase internal circulation, unsteady droplet heating and axisymmetric gas-phase convection. A simplified liquid-phase model has been obtained based on the assumption of the existence of a Hill's spherical vortex inside the droplet together with some approximations made in the governing diffusion equation. The use of the simplified model in a spray situation has also been examined. It has been found that droplet heating and vaporization are essentially unsteady and droplet temperature is nonuniform for a significant portion of its lifetime. It has also been found that the droplet vaporization characteristic can be quite sensitive to the particular liquid-phase and gas-phase models. The results of the various models are compared with the existing experimental data. Due to large scattering in the experimental measurements, particularly the droplet diameter, no definite conclusion can be drawn based on the experimental data. Finally, certain research problems which are related to the …
Date:
January 1, 1983
Creator:
Sirignano, W. A.; Yao, S. C.; Tong, A. Y. & Talley, D.
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