Band directors--Attitudes; High school principals--Attitudes; Bands (Music)--Instruction and study
The purpose of this study was to survey secondary school administrator and band director perceptions regarding the implementation of Kentucky's Core Content for Assessment 4.1 (CCA 4.1) in Music in the band programs at their schools. Secondary...
Music teachers--Kentucky; Vocational guidance; School music--Instruction and study--Kentucky
This phenomenological study examines the experiences of current music teachers to determine what influences them to pursue a career teaching at the elementary level. Eight elementary music teachers from rural counties in Kentucky were interviewed...
Computer music; Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques; Music and technology; Computer sound processing
This thesis proposes a concept called low-time-resolution (LTR) structure in music, and investigates its potential significance and application in music-related computing tasks.
The contributions of the thesis are manifold. First, it proposes a...
Computers and music have shared a rich history since the 1950s. Many languages and standards have been built around music. Yet even before the advent of the computer, music shared algorithmic ideas with mathematics which brought about many new...
The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of the Beatnik Rhythmic Analyzer on rhythmic accuracy. Non-percussion music majors ( N =19) were randomly divided to practice with either the Beatnik Rhythmic Analyzer ( n =9) or a...
Rap (Music)--History and criticism; Music trade--United States
This thesis is a historical analysis of the narratives of rap music and their relationship to hegemony. I view the trends outlined in this thesis as a microcosm of large-scale social trends in the world of popular culture. A world dominated and...
Tallis, Thomas, ca. 1505-1585. Lamentations, no. 1; Tallis, Thomas, ca. 1505-1585. Lamentations, no. 2; Byrd, William, 1542 or 3-1623. De Lamentatione Hieremiae;
Movement through pitch space in the Common Practice Period is generally acknowledged as being structured on the fifth relation, whereas movement through the pitch space of the highly chromatic music of the nineteenth century is thought of as being...
Hip hop; Rap (Music); Alternative rock music; Geeks (Computer enthusiasts); Indie culture
In his documentary entitled, Nerdcore For Life, director Dan Lamoureux described Nerdcore as a "powerful social collision between hip hop and geek culture". Born on the Internet, Nerdcore Hip-Hop is rap music made by geeks, for geeks and...
Leather-bound guest book dating from 1948 to 2011, featuring signatures of attendees of Louisville Orchestra premieres; Grawemeyer Composition winners; and official guests of the School of Music.
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Music; Educational facilities; People;
School of Music at the University of Louisville. People walk past the building on the sidewalk; a few are standing near the entrance at the top of a stairway. The building now has ornamental sculpture on the front; this image predates that...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Music; Educational facilities; People; Public sculpture;
Front of the School of Music, featuring the sculpture made up of notes, mounted on the building wall. Observers often perceive the notes to be ants. Four people sit on the steps. Location: Belknap Campus: Current uses: School of Music...
A Steinway Grand piano in the music room of photographer Kate Matthews' home, Clovercroft. Candelabra and a small harp sit on the piano which is in front of a heavily draped window. A music book is open on the music stand. Handwritten on album page...
This collection will draw on the varied collections of the Dwight Anderson Music Library. The first component will include the official University of Louisville School of Music guest book. Future plans include the digitization of several of the...
A Steinway Grand piano in the music room of photographer Kate Matthews' home, Clovercroft. Candelabra and a small harp sit on the piano which is in front of a heavily draped window. A music book is open on the music stand.
The music room in Clovercroft, photographer Kate Matthews' family home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. A dark sofa or settee sits against the left wall between two lace-draped windows. A large oil painting hangs above the sofa. A small candelabra,...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Music
Architect's rendering of Drama and Music Building, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, two-story brick building with double, higher, projecting portico facades in center. In front of the large, brick facade at center is a...
Two boys (one in costume with suspenders) and a girl (costumed as a pioneer with a long dress and bonnet) play homemade musical instruments, including a banjo, gourd banjo, and sticks possibly used as percussion instruments, next to a sign reading...
Two boys (one in costume with suspenders) and a girl (costumed as a pioneer with a long dress and bonnet) play homemade musical instruments, including a banjo, gourd banjo, and sticks possibly used as percussion instruments, next to a sign reading...
