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Characterizing Noise and Harmonicity: The Structural Function of Contrasting Sonic Components in Electronic Composition
This dissertation examines the role of noise in shaping the form of several recent musical compositions. This study demonstrates how the contrast of noisy sounds and harmonic sounds can impact the structure of compositions. Depending on context, however, the specific use and function of noise can vary substantially from one work to the next. The first portion of this paper describes methods for quantifying noise content using FFT analysis procedures. A number of tests on instrumental and synthetic sound sources are described in order to demonstrate how the analysis system may react to certain sounds. The second part of this document consists of several analyses of whole musical works. Works for acoustic instruments are examined first, followed by works for electronic media. During these analyses, it becomes clear that while the use of noise in each work is based largely upon context, some common patterns do exist across different works. The final portion of the paper examines an original work which was written with the function of noise specifically in mind. The original work is put through the same analysis procedures as works seen earlier in the paper, and some conclusions are drawn regarding both the possibilities and limitations of …
Date:
May 2010
Creator:
Dribus, John Alexander
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Observation of Early Parent-Infant Social Interactions in Relation to the Emergence of Joint Attention in the Natural Environment
Early interactions between parents and infants are thought to be critical of later development. In particular joint attention has been an area of research and investigations. This study sought to measure joint attention behaviors in infants from 5 to 33 weeks of age under naturalistic conditions: in the home with the mother as the interaction partner given no instructions. Videotapes of the infant-parent interactions were observed and data were collected on behaviors related to joint attention. Given observations occur at younger ages than other studies considered, engagement data results indicate increasing trends for 3 of the 5 infants observed while the direction of infant gaze results indicate patterns consistent with descriptions currently in the literature. Parent behavior data indicate high levels of support in engaging infant attention. Furthering an understanding of joint attention by observing at earlier ages in infant development may be useful in informing teaching programs for infants who have not developed joint attention skills.
Date:
May 2010
Creator:
Pinsky, Karen
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"He's a Human, You're a Mermaid": Narrative Performance in Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney animation represents a powerful source of economic and cultural production. However, following the death of Walt Disney, the animation division found itself struggling to survive. It was not until the 1989 release of the hugely successful animated film The Little Mermaid that Disney would reclaim its domination among children's cultural producers. Additionally, The Little Mermaid inaugurated a shift in Disney's portrayals of gender as the company replaced the docile passive princess characteristic of its previous animated films with a physically active and strong willed ambitious heroine. Grounded in an understanding of Disney's cultural significance as dominant storyteller, the present study explores gender in The Little Mermaid by means of narrative performativity. Specifically, I analyze the film's songs "Part of Your World," "Under the Sea," and "Poor Unfortunate Souls" as metonymic narrative performances of gender that are (1) embodied, (2) materially situated, (3) discursively embedded and (4) capable of legitimating and critiquing existing power relations.
Date:
May 2010
Creator:
Polanco, Raquel
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Performance Differences Between Self-Directed and Teacher-Directed Alternative Education Campuses in Texas
This study was conducted to analyze the performance differences between alternative education campuses in Texas that used teacher-directed strategies and those that used self-directed strategies. The study was also conducted to inform educators of the results these two strategies had achieved with at-risk students during the three years of 2006-2008. The study used the results from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test as reported in the AEIS annual reports from the Texas Education Agency. Alternative education schools were grouped according to the strategy used to educate at-risk students. The results of the statistical tests showed the two strategies had similar performance results and there was no statistical difference between the two. The results offered several implications concerning the ability of at-risk students to achieve in alternative education schools including possible reasons why students who were previously unsuccessful became successful in alternative settings. The report also addressed the number of students who continued to be unsuccessful even when placed on an alternative education campus. Possible reasons for this continued inability to succeed are discussed. Recommendations for further research were listed at the conclusion of the study.
Date:
May 2010
Creator:
Wimberley, Alan
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Commencement Ceremony Speaker]
Photograph of a male speaker at the masters commencement ceremony for the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The speaker is dressed in green and black graduation regalia. There are people seated in the background, watching the speaker.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of students at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The students are wearing black robes with white and gold stoles. There are people seated in the background, watching the graduates. Several of them smile towards the stage, while others look off to the side.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of students standing at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The students are wearing black graduation robes, white and gold stoles, and blue medals. There are people seated in the background, watching the ceremony.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of a male student at the masters commencement ceremony for the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The student is wearing a black graduation robe with a gold, white and green stole. He is walking across the graduation stage and shaking a presenter's hand. The presenter is wearing green and black graduation regalia with a large silver medal around his neck. There are people seated in the background, watching the ceremony.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of a female student at the masters commencement ceremony for the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The student is wearing a black graduation robe with a white and green stole. She is walking across the graduation stage and shaking a presenter's hand. The presenter is wearing green and black graduation regalia with a large silver medal around his neck. There are people seated in the background, watching the ceremony.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Students at Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of students at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The students are standing in line, waiting to walk across the graduation stage. They are wearing black robes with gold and white stoles. There are people seated in the background, watching the ceremony.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Student at Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of a male student at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of the North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The student is walking across the stage and shaking hands with a presenter dressed in green and black graduation regalia. There are other academic administrators and academia dressed in colorful regalia standing on stage. There are people seated in the background, watching the ceremony.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Student at Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of a student at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The student is walking across the stage and shaking hands with a presenter dressed in green and black graduation regalia. The student is wearing black robes with a blue, white, green and gold stole. There are people seated in the background, watching the ceremony.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Academia at Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of academic administrators and academia onstage at the May 2010 masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. They are dressed in black, green, blue, red and gold academic regalia. There are people seated in the background, watching the ceremony.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Students at Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of male and female students at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The students are waiting in line to walk across the stage and receive their degrees. There is a member of the academic administration dressed in white and green regalia standing to the right of the photograph.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Girl at Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of a female student dressed in graduation regalia at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. She is wearing a black robe with a green and brown stole and black cords. There is a male student standing behind her.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Students at Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of two female students dressed in black graduation regalia at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The student on the right is wearing a brown and green stole. There are other students standing in the background.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Student at Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of a female student in black graduation regalia at the masters commencement ceremony for the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. There are other students standing behind her.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of two female students dressed in black graduation regalia at the masters commencement ceremony for the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The woman to the right looks down.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of students standing at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The students are wearing black graduation robes with white and gold stoles. Friends and family members sit in the stands in the background, watching the students on the floor.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Commencement Ceremony Speaker]
Photograph of a woman speaking at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The woman is standing at a podium and wearing blue, black and gold graduation regalia. There are people seated in the background, listening to the speaker and watching the ceremony.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Commencement Ceremony Speaker]
Photograph of a woman speaking at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. The woman is standing at a podium and wearing a black dress. There are students seated in the background, listening to the speaker. The photo was taken from behind the podium.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masters Commencement Ceremony]
Photograph of students standing at the masters commencement ceremony at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. Students are wearing black graduation robes with gold, white, green and blue stoles. Many of them watch the faculty, who wear blue and red stoles, file in front of the students.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Chaney, Ken
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Green Infrastructure in Arid and Semi-Arid Climates
This brochure describes the benefits of adopting "green infrastructure" design principles to communities in arid and semi-arid regions.
Date:
May 2010
Creator:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Performance Guide for Pearls I and Pearls II by Roland Szentpali
This dissertation is a performance guide for the euphonium solos Pearls I and Pearls II, written by Roland Szentpali. This performance guide allows performers to better understand the jazz styles within each movement and provides them with a resource for performing these particular pieces as well as other jazz influenced pieces. This performance guide is specific to euphonium repertoire and written for euphonium performers and educators. This is also a resource for a solo work in the repertoire that is performed regularly as well as a new work that will soon be published. A brief history of the development of euphonium repertoire and the influence of jazz is provided. The performance guide analyzes each movement and provides insight to extended techniques, common performance problems, errata, and jazz styles that each movement is based on. The guide also provides several suggestions for interpretation and for performance preparation. Illustrations from the scores have been provided for each example.
Date:
May 2010
Creator:
Buckley, Christopher
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library