Dissertations / Theses: 'Song thrush'

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Congdon, Nicola Maree. "Life-history traits and potential causes of clutch-size decline in the introduced song thrush (Turdus philomelos) in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Biological Sciences, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3954.

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The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) was introduced to New Zealand from Britain during the mid 19th century and has become one of the most common terrestrial bird species in New Zealand. In this study, I surveyed a range of life-history traits in New Zealand song thrushes for comparison with traits of British thrushes. Clutch size, egg size and nest size have decreased, while the nestling period is shorter and the incubation period longer. This combination of changes suggests birds are investing less energy into each reproductive bout. Birds also appear unable to raise large broods, as nestling starvation is common in New Zealand, which suggests that food is limiting. I experimentally tested the ability of song thrushes to incubate enlarged clutches and broods, but productivity was not higher for enlarged broods and natural 3- and 4-egg clutches produced similar numbers of fledglings. Thus reduced clutch size may be an adaptation to the local environment. Differences in female incubation behaviour, with 3- and 4-egg clutches receiving higher levels of incubation and more visits per hour than 5-egg clutches, also suggest New Zealand thrushes have difficulty coping with clutches as large as those in Britain. The decrease in clutch size between New Zealand and Britain is in the direction and magnitude expected based on the change in latitude, which supports the hypothesis that factors affecting foraging time and food availability, such as daylength, temperature and rainfall, may be selecting for smaller clutches. Egg size was also found to have decreased in New Zealand, though this may be the result of smaller adult size. Hatchling mass was related to egg volume, but I found no effect of egg volume or clutch size on hatching success. However, nests containing more pointed eggs (i.e., abnormally-shaped eggs), had lower survival and hatching/fledgling success. Data from the national nest record database and my study both suggest that differences in song thrush productivity are the result of differential survival of nestlings. Nestling mortality due to starvation was common at Kowhai Bush, but rare in Britain, so either adult condition or food availability may be lowering reproductive success in New Zealand. High rates of nest failure (>65%) could also affect clutch size, but the strong directional selection imposed by food limitation during the nestling period suggests that increases in food supply would result in increased reproductive success even with the same levels of nest failure. When comparing clutch size throughout New Zealand, I found a significant, positive relationship with rainfall, which further suggests that food limitation may be the main factor driving changes in life-history traits of song thrushes in New Zealand.

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Watkins, Nigel G. "Ecological correlates of bird damage in a Canterbury vineyard." Lincoln University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/508.

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Birds are a major pest in vineyards both in New Zealand and overseas. There is a need for new behavioural research on birds' foraging habits and feeding preferences in vineyards, as much of the literature to date is anecdotal. Research on cues to birds' feeding will provide a basis on which new deterrent and control strategies can be devised. Spatial-and temporal bird damage in a small vineyard block was mapped to find if damage was correlated with grape maturity and environmental factors. Vineyard and field observations of bird behaviour using video technology combined with preference experiments aimed to establish the relative roles of grape sugar concentration and colour in avian selection. Proximity of vineyards to bird roosts affects damage levels, regardless of differing maturity between locations. The rate of damage tends to increase exponentially once grape maturity has passed a threshold of 13 °Brix. Bunches positioned closest to the ground receive more damage if blackbirds or song thrushes are the predominant pests. Both sugar concentration and grape colour were found to affect birds' feeding preference, but the importance of the two factors varied between years. Black and green grape varieties were differentially preferred by blackbirds (Turdus merula) and song thrushes (Turdus philomelos) while silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis) appeared to have no strong colour preference. It was apparent that there were other, not assessed, grape factors that also affect selection. In small unprotected vineyards that are adjacent to bird roosts the entire grape crop can be taken by bird pests. Besides removing the roosts, which can be beneficial shelterbelts in regions exposed to high winds, growers currently may have no alternative other than to use exclusion netting to keep crops intact. The differential preferences between bird species for variety characteristics suggest that any new deterrents and other strategies to deflect birds from grape crops may need to be species-specific.

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Rådelius, Elias. "Songs of an epidemic : responding to HIV/AIDS through song, poetry and drama in Nakuru, Kenya." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-18248.

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This study examines the use of songs, poems and drama to raise awareness of, and respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nakuru, Kenya. The primary focus is that of youth-oriented interventions, but additional examples are also examined and analyzed. A qualitative approach is used and the study is based on semi-structured interviews with teachers, performers, students, NGO-representatives and former students conducted during four weeks in November and December 2012. Additionally, songs, poems and dramas have been collected and observed and finally analyzed using a theoretical framework that combines the Health Belief Model, the Social Cognitive Theory as well as principles of the research discipline of Medical Ethnomusicology. The study shows that songs, poems and drama are important methods to communicate messages and play an important role in shaping the local HIV/AIDS discourse. Due to its effectiveness, it is vital that the messages promoted are culturally appropriate as well as correct since the study shows that false information through these methods can hamper a desired behavior change.

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Rogers, Andrew D. "Calling sons to a life worth living a father and son study through Ecclesiastes." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.091-0050.

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Rider, Gard Anna Elizabeth. "Pathways of love through song: the composer’s intention." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19142.

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Master of Music
Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
Amy Underwood
The following report is extended program notes that focus on the expression of love in various ways. These songs were presented on a graduate recital March 31, 2015 in All Faiths Chapel at Kansas State University. It is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree in vocal performance. The works included are by Bellini, Bernstein, Hahn, Koechlin, Obradors, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, and Sullivan. Below is a detailed description explaining the focus of the report. Many musicians discuss the musical elements including key signatures, time signatures, harmony, rhythm, and melody. They may also discuss the understanding of the music through the viewpoint of the vocal text. The musical elements and how the subject matter connects the two together is important to understand when giving a recital. It makes the music come alive for the audience and it is a true interpretation of how it should be performed. Love is a topic which many composers explore because of the natural emotion people feel about its perception. Different feelings and emotions conjured in the hearts and minds of humankind. Love is a personal feeling, and after studying the poetry and music, I assigned an adjective or verb to each song that describes a more specific facet of love’s emotional spectrum. These adjectives and their portrayal by various composers will comprise the focus of this paper.

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Lyu, Sanggeol. "The considerations of interpretation through the function of imagery in the Song of Songs and its application to the current believing community." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2001. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Cherry-Reid, Katharine A. "Singing queer : archiving and constructing a lineage through song." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/56285.

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Using an arts-based approach, this research examines how songs written by queer and lesbian musicians can account for and archive queer lived existence while constructing a musical genealogy for listeners and artists alike. By examining my own experience of listening to and attending performances of certain queer and lesbian identified musicians, and then composing and performing my own songs in public spaces, I make a case for the corporeal mobility of songs, and a process I have termed “queer musical lineaging.” Much of the research around music to date has centred on how it impacts and influences brain activity, and how it brings together subcultures and publics. The significance of this project lies in the research around musical processes and practices (listening, composing, performing) as corporeal acts that connect bodies to one another, and build kinships. This research draws mainly upon primary sources of autoethnographic, written accounts in the form of journal entries, stories, poems and song lyrics, and conducts an interpretive analysis of six “queer” songs, five composed by the author of this thesis, and one composed in collaboration with a trans* youth. This project will contribute to research on arts-based practices as archival work, as well as the impact that songs have on people’s lives by broadening our understanding of music’s corporeal effects and genealogical role in lived experience.
Arts, Faculty of
Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, Institute for
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Prosch, Tina Marie. "Incorporating environmental education into the curriculum through the use of children's literature." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1263.

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Bergvall, Sven. "Through the mirror : perspectives on brand heritage /." Stockholm : Skolan för industriell teknik och management, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-11651.

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Milligan, Karen Victoria. "Attachment and depression, communication and perception of emotion through song." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ53472.pdf.

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Hill, Ian Franklin. "Post-nestling mortality and dispersal in Blackbirds and Song Thrushes." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298192.

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Lin, Pei-Ying. "Development of curriculum materials to teach American children about the culture of Taiwan through Taiwanese children's songs." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4315.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (July 10, 2006) Includes bibliographical references.

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Nedvin, Brian. "Holocaust Song Literature: Expressing the Human Experiences and Emotions of the Holocaust through Song Literature, Focusing on Song Literature of Hirsh Glick, Mordechai Gebirtig, and Simon Sargon." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4850/.

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During the years of the Holocaust, song literature was needed to fulfill the unique needs of people caught in an unimaginable nightmare. The twelve years between 1933 and 1945 were filled with a brutal display of man's inhumanity to man. Despite the horrific conditions or perhaps because of them, the Jewish people made music, and in particular, they sang. Whether built on a new or an old melody, the Holocaust song literature continues to speak to those of us who are willing to listen. This body of work tells the world that these people lived, suffered, longed for vengeance, loved, dreamed, prayed, and tragically, died. This repertoire of songs is part of the legacy, the very soul of the Jewish people. This study contains a brief look at the historical circumstances, and through the song literature of Hirsh Glick, Mordechai Gebirtig and Simon Sargon, life within the ghetto, the concentration camp, the decisions families had to make, the choices to fight back against incredible odds, the place of faith within this nightmare, and a look at the lives and works of the composers themselves.

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Hoggard, Mandy L. "“Touched by Time”: Geopolitical Themes of Estonian National Identity through Song Festivals." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4911.

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Estonian national identity is defined by its centuries-long struggle forindependence and autonomy. This thesis examines this struggle and resulting identity through the lens of the laulupidu, or song festival, and its employment as a vehicle of political mobilization and re-constructor of Estonian history. Regarding folklore, in this case festivals and folk songs, as containers of the soul of the nation, I show how Estonians have produced and reproduced their national identity through the practice which they hold sacred: choral singing. I implemented a critical geopolitical approach coupled with Billig’s concepts of ‘hot’ and banal nationalism, and Paasi’s focus on independence, to study the 2014 song festival, entitled “Touched by Time. The Time to Touch.” Utilizing the song selection from the 2014 festival and comparing it against the programs from festivals ranging from 1869-2009 (from which selections were gleaned for the 2014 event), this thesis shows how Estonian national identity and historical memory are reconstructed through the symbolic choice of song.

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Gerolami, Mark T. ""I love this bar" working class expression through karaoke song selection /." Connect to this title online, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1167928429.

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Anderson, Rachel Jane. "Lieder, totalitarianism, and the Bund deutscher Mädel : girls' political coercion through song." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29493.

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The Bund deutscher Madel (BdM), a Nazi youth organization for girls, was sponsored, organized, and promoted by Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party. The BdM instilled values and beliefs of National Socialism in German girls, and encouraged attitudes and behavior in them that harmonized with Party views on womanhood. Political indoctrination for girls often came through music---especially song. Musical repertoire of the BdM strongly interconnects with the organization's development, internal structure and political philosophies.
My thesis analyses the relations between music, the BdM, National Socialism, and gender. Historical perspectives are documented to clarify the function and intention of the BdM, including its politics and philosophy, its activities designed to foster 'natural' gender roles, and its emerging supremacy over other right-wing youth movements in Nazi Germany. My thesis then examines conceptions of 'natural' gender roles for girls and women in Nazi society and how these role expectations are covertly and overtly embedded in the official music book of the BdM, entitled Wir Madel singen! To illustrate this relationship between music, politics, and gender expectations, ten songs from Wir Madel singen! are analyzed in detail.

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Nakano, Koji. "Time song II : howling through time : for female singer, flutist, and percussionist /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3236635.

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Woodward, III Robert Bruce. "Quantifying Cultural Changes Through A Half-Century Of Song Lyrics And Books." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2016. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/631.

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Music is an ever-changing cultural reflection. It is deeply integrated into our society, ubiquitous in movies, television shows, restaurants, sport venues, churches and a plethora of other places. This thesis proposes that we consider the lyrics in popular music, as determined by Billboards Hot 100 chart, as a natural medium to analyze the changes in culture over the past half-century. Using this collection of lyrics, we analyze the change in relative frequency of individual words over time, and compare to works of literature. Furthermore, we use the ranking in the Top 100 as a metric with which to explore the relationship between usage of particular words and the popularity of the respective songs. We find that our data coincides with a previous hypothesis that the relative happiness of lyrics has decreased over time, and find that this also applies to the relative happiness of popular music.

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Badue, Alexandre. "Communicating in Song: The American Sung-Through Musical from In Trousers (1979) to Caroline, or Change (2004)." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491557707145822.

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Hu, Maria Theresa. "Daughters of the lesbian poet| Contemporary feminist interpretation of Sappho's poems through song." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1596463.

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This thesis examines the seven song and/or choral settings of Sappho’s poetry by contemporary women composers Carol Barnett, Sheila Silver, Elizabeth Vercoe, Liza Lim, Augusta Read Thomas, Mary Ellen Childs, and Patricia Van Ness. Each composer has set Sappho’s poems in her own creative and artistic interpretation through diverse modern musical styles, giving the Greek poetess a modern, gendered female voice. This paper presents connections between the poetry chosen, its themes and interpretations, as well as the expressive musical devices employed. The various methodological approaches include historical and textual criticism, sociomusicology, and gender and sexual studies. The setting of Sappho’s poetry and the commonalities of the poetic themes set to music help us understand how modern women view Sappho’s image, hear, and give voice to the poetess of the ancient world.

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Alvarez, Elissa. "Pride, place, and identity: Jaime León's transcontinental exploration of identity through art song." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/10928.

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Thesis (D.M.A.)--Boston University
There are few publications at present addressing the topic of Colombian art song. In the past two decades, researchers have begun to discover and present pertinent, useful information about the development of song literature in this country beyond brief historical and regional context, but our understanding of the subject remains dim. Jaime León (b. 1921) is a virtual unknown in the music world. Yet his contribution to the development and placement of Colombian art song in the Latin American canon is undeniably invaluable. His 36 songs provide insight into Colombia's artistic values and culture, poetic development, and folkloric and nationalistic tendencies, thereby elucidating the country's position in the context of Latin America's musical growth, particularly within the art song genre. This study explores the rich wellspring of his song output with respect to his compositional style, transcontinental artistic development, and unusual career trajectory. It also seeks to place him within the context of the evolution of Latin American art song genre in the twentieth century, including comparisons to selected continental contemporaries.

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Borts, Barbara. "Mouths filled with song : British reform Judaism through the lens of its music." Thesis, Durham University, 2014. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10797/.

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The Movement for Reform Judaism [MRJ] - has been undergoing substantial changes in its style and patterns of worship. The introduction of a new prayer book has been accompanied by a pronounced focus on the music of the various synagogues, as a key element in the re-envisioning of prayer and spirituality in 21st century congregations. These have taken place within the context of the wider context of synagogue renewal, which surfaced first in the USA as Synagogue 2000 (now Synagogue 3000), entailing study, reflection and implementation of a variety of different changes in the hope of attracting and retaining Jews in synagogue services. This thesis focuses on the relationship between forms of liturgical and ritual music and patterns of spirituality and identity within the UK Reform Jewish world during a period of significant social change. ‘Getting the music right’ is, for some, a major aspect in synagogal renewal and commands a central place in the focus on Judaism into the twenty-first century. Focusing on attitudes towards and experiments with music afford a distinctive manner to access the complexities involved in the interplay of diverse community traditions and contemporary pressures for change. The complexities of this examination are mirrored in the interdisciplinary perspective of this thesis, as it encompasses the theoretical resources of theological, historical, and social scientific disciplines. Through the historical expansion of the movement, and the synagogues in which I have engaged in ethnographic research, we will note the shifts in movement and synagogal musical cultures, each affording a unique perspective on music in worship. Each helps to elucidate a little bit what constitutes the perspectives and preoccupations of the Anglo-Reform Jewish world.

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Nedvin, Brian. "Holocaust song literature : expressing human experience and emotions of the Holocaust through the song literature of Hirsh Glick, Mordecai Gebertig, and Simon A. Sargon /." connect to online resource, 2005. http://www.unt.edu/etd/all/Aug2005/nedvin%5Fbrian/index.htm.

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Bart, Carol Vanderbeek. "Developing worship enrichment through congregational song at Ramapo Valley Baptist Church, Oakland, New Jersey." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Ciobanu, Jennifer Odom. ""The Wider View": Engaging a New Generation of Singers through African-American Art Song." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31528/.

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Through studying the poetry and its context, the lives of the poets and composers, and the musical choices which emerged from these combined influences, students of the "Millennial" generation may experience a deeper connection to art song and its role in defining and reflecting national character. Not yet a part of the traditional canon of American art song, the songs of African-American composers are of particular value in this regard, offering teachers, students, and recitalists less frequently-performed repertoire to explore. Representing a broad spectrum of literary and cultural influences, these songs are just as diverse, multi-faceted, and full of variety as any other body of art song repertoire and richly contribute to the past and present life of the genre. Going beyond the music and the words can only reinforce the study of technique and enrich the studio experience, while at the same time providing a multicultural learning environment which more accurately reflects the America in which these same students will become the singers and voice teachers of tomorrow.

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Johnston, Emma Anne. "Healing maori through song and dance? Three case studies of recent New Zealand music theatre." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Theatre and Film Studies, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/980.

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This thesis investigates the way "healing" may be seen to be represented and enacted by three recent New Zealand music theatre productions: Once Were Warriors, the Musical-Drama; The Whale Rider, On Stage; and Footprints/Tapuwae, a bicultural opera. This thesis addresses the ways each of these music theatre productions can be seen to dramatise ideologically informed notions of Maori cultural health through the encounter of Maori performance practices with American and European music theatre forms. Because the original colonial encounter between Maori and Pakeha was a wounding process, it may be possible that in order to construct a theatrical meeting between the "colonised" Maori and the "colonial" non-Maori, "healing" is an essential element by which to foster an idea of the post-colonial, bicultural togetherness of the nation. In all three productions, Maori song and dance forms are incorporated into a distinctive form of western music theatre: the American musical; the international spectacle; Wagnerian opera. Wagner's attempts to regenerate German culture through his music dramas can be compared to Maori renaissance idea(l)s of cultural "healing" through a "return" to Maori myths, traditions and song and dance.

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Smith, Kevin Bryan. "Phōs hilaron and the macro-liturgical approach text and context elevated through song and rite /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Clacherty, Bronwen. "Understanding the history of women's lives in Zanzibar through song and story: a gendered perspective." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33610.

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This dissertation and the accompanying performance explore women's history through the song genre dandaro learned from women's singing groups in present-day Zanzibar. The study aims to show that songs, a part of oral tradition, are an effective way of adding to the minimal understanding we have of women's lives in Zanzibar and the Indian Ocean. The dissertation transcribes both the lyrics and the music of the dandaro songs and analyses them in relation to theoretical perspectives on archive and gender realities, as well as in the context of the history of Zanzibar. It also describes how and why I created a performance that reflected both the journey of my research as well as what the women and men I met shared with me. The dissertation and performance form a whole and the performed work is incorporated into the dissertation to show how the performance deepened the approach to the theory and data and vice versa. This study of dandaro songs reveals the existence of a transgenerational archive of information that preserves and transmits the image of strong womanhood and woman's agency, where women subvert gender norms and express their solidarity with each other.

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Wierckx, Marcel. "From heaven, through the world, to hell." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33370.

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From Heaven, Through the World, to Hell is a theatrical piece which makes reference to various versions of the Faust legend. There are two versions of the piece: the full version for actress-singer, CD, computer, and four chamber ensembles (piano quintet, baroque trio, jazz quartet and modern ensemble), and the solo version for actress-singer, CD, and computer. The work explores the Faust legend within a technological musical theatre framework, and makes extensive use of live computer interaction using the Max/MSP programming environment. The singer interacts with the computer using an infrared sensor, allowing her to trigger as well as shape many of the sounds in the piece through physical gestures. This piece was written for g.e.m.s. (the Group of the Electronic Music Studio) as part of the McGill University Faculty of Music composer-in-residence program between 1998--1999.

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Anderson, Melanie R. "The beloved paradise : spectrality in the novels of Toni Morrison from Song of Solomon through Love /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2009. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1800249031&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1268164733&clientId=22256.

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McIntosh, Jonathan Andrew. "Moving through tradition : children's practice and performance of dance, music and song in south-central Bali." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485056.

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This thesis is an ethnography of children's practice and performance of dance, music and song in the village of Keramas, Gianyar, South-central Bali. Focusing upon power relationships between adults and children and between children themselves in the setting of a Balinese dance studio (sanggar tan), I examine how adults exercise power over children and teenagers in the context of traditional Balinese dance. Furthermore, I investigate the ways in which children incorporate contemporary influences into their songs, games and disco dance performances, thereby exercising agreater degree of power over their own activities. While dance is central to Bali-Hindu religious practice, it is also a medium used to communicate . important aspects of what it means to be Balinese to children. Looking at children's participation in dance activities, I explore how children relate to the world that surrounds them. By moving through tradition children not only perpetuate Balinese traditional dance, 'but also actively engage with global influences. The thesis is divided into six chapters which chronologically follow the journey of children's dance and music . ac. tivities, from lullabies .. through traditional dance to disco dance performances. Although children's songs and lore have received previous attention from scholars, research focusing upon music and dance activities of children still remains on the periphery of ethnomusicological enquiry. By examining children's songs and their learning, practice and performance of traditional and popular dance, I sh~w how dance, music and song are integral elements in the lives of young Balinese. This ethnographic account seeks to provide an insight into research pertaining to Bali as well as to form the foundation for future studies regarding children and the role of music and dance in their everyday lives.

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Nowlain, Kristine. "Collaborative Storytelling through Contemporary Composition : Examining participation in the creation and performance of meaningful works through Judith Weir’s woman.life.song." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för klassisk musik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-2791.

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Through examining Judith Weir’s woman.life.song (2000), the work presented in this written reflection is centered on the power of collaboration and context to create meaningful art and music that express important and often underrepresented experiences. Through a musical and sociological analysis of this piece, it is examined how the personal is political and how the creation of music and art are therefore inherently political projects. This paper argues that musicians have a responsibility to consciously select our repertoire: a conscience based upon an understanding of intersectionality. Such consciousness must take into account structures of sexism and racism, which positions music in its socio-political context and actively challenges the concept of “quality” as it is constructed in the art music canon. Placing the composer and authors within their broader socio-political contexts, it is argued that lifting pieces such woman.life.song are important contributions of a musician’s participation in music. This paper draws upon work in sociology that centers on identity to examine how structures of power impact the voices that are heard and that are represented in the musical canon.

Kristine Nowlain, sopran

Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)

Depuis le jour

Ur Louise(Louise)

Libretto av G. Charpentier

Albert Dahllöf, piano

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra

1. When the morning of life has passed

2. The dove that nests in the tree-top

3. Wrung with anguish

Text av Moses-Ibn-Ezra (1058-1138)

Gustav Sondén, gitarr

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Bachianas Brasileiras, no. 5 (Aria)

Text av Ruth V. Corrêa

Gustav Sondén, gitarr

Åke Uddén (1903-1987)

Tre sånger ur ”Les Chanson de Bilitis”

1. Tendresses

3. Chanson

Text av Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925)

Johanna Johnsson, piano

Gösta Nyström (1890-1966)

På Reveln

3. Havet Sjunger

Text av Ebba Lindqvist (1908-1995)

Johanna Johnsson, piano

Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)

The Seal Man

Text ur A Mainsail Haul av John Masefield (1878-1967)

Albert Dahllöf, piano

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Ach, ich Fühl’s

Ur Die Zauberflöte(Pamina)

Libretto av Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812)

KMH Kammarorkester

Judith Weir (f. 1954)

woman.life.song

1c. Edge (text av Toni Morrison, f. 1931)

2. Eve Remembering (text av Toni Morrison)

3b. The Mothership: when a good mother sails from this world (Stave II) – (text av Clarissa Pinkola Estés, f. 1945)

KMH Kammarorkester:

Sofia Winiarski, dirigent

Albert Dahllöf, piano

Andreas Nyström, slagverk

Astrid le Clercq, klarinett

Catrin Spångberg Johansson, altflöjt

Enno Leggedör, viola

Gustav Wetterbrandt, basklarinett

Henrik Wassenius, slagverk

Hugo Olsson, klarinett

Isabel Godau, violin

Johanna Moraeus, violin

Kajsa Nilsson, flöjt

Klara Källström, cello

Miia Roiko-Jokela, flöjt

Miriam Liljefors, harpa

Moa Nissfolk, gitarr

Ragnhild Kvist, viola

Simon Landqvist, slagverk

Svante Söderqvist, kontrabas

Viktoria Hillerud, cello

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Stepanek, Heidi J. "An examination of folk-music-inspired composition in Canada through an analysis of settings of "Dans tous les cantons" /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0030/MQ62428.pdf.

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Reis, ClÃudio Mappa. "The experience of musical education of students of the Music of the UFC - Cariri through popular song." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=10539.

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O presente estudo apresenta dois pÃlos principais: de um lado a canÃÃo popular brasileira e de outro a experiÃncia musical dos alunos do Curso de MÃsica da Universidade Federal do CearÃ no Campus do Cariri. O foco de investigaÃÃo consiste em como e de que formas a canÃÃo popular brasileira tem influenciado a formaÃÃo musical deste grupo especÃfico de pessoas, alcanÃando-as inevitavelmente por meio dos efeitos da pÃs-modernidade nas comunicaÃÃes e difusÃes culturais, e ainda sofrendo os impactos da aura, por vezes refratÃria e por vezes receptiva de seu contexto cultural. A canÃÃo popular brasileira vem se apresentando como um grande produto cultural no Brasil. Como ela contribui para a estruturaÃÃo de um habitus musical dos alunos supracitados? E, como este habitus, partindo das vivÃncias no meio sÃcio cultural, se modifica com o acesso ao currÃculo formal proposto pelo Curso de MÃsica? O currÃculo formal e o informal em encontro foram observados pelo viÃs da canÃÃo. Para tanto, foi empreendido um estudo de caso Ãnico, utilizando como principais referÃncias o trabalho de Luiz Tatit para canÃÃo popular brasileira e a praxiologia de Pierre Bourdieu para a anÃlise social.

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DeSilva, Dominique Carmen. "MUSIC LEARNING THROUGH TRADITION: COUNTY CLARE SINGING SESSIONS AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF CLASSROOM ADAPTATION." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2019. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/591453.

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The Irish singing session has provided a safe community where singers of all abilities are welcome to share with and learn from one another. Through British occupation and into independence, the Irish session has transformed tremendously from its original form. Still, the session carries on the Irish tradition of music learning and enculturation through oral transmission. Singing sessions provide a unique opportunity for the many songs of Irish history to be sung and learned; passed down from generation to generation! Singers learn new songs through listening to and watching other singers, imitating material, experimenting with new ideas, and discussing musical performances with others. Session leaders may attempt to create an encouraging and accepting environment where singers feel secure, resulting in the unbridled sharing of singers’ deep connections with a song. Such methods, including personal choice and a safe environment, have been observed through field research and have shown to positively affect singers and communities related to singing sessions in County Clare, Ireland. In this study, I pose that the methods used in singing sessions may also be beneficial when adapted for use in the music classroom.
Temple University--Theses

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Salerno, Stephanie. "True Loves, Dark Nights: Queer Performativity and Grieving Through Music in the Work of Rufus Wainwright." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1476645017261653.

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Thompson, Christopher. ""Sons of Northern Darkness" : Reflections of National Identity in Norway through Black Metal." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Historiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-180900.

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Starcher, Shawn C. "Memorable Messages from Fathers to Children through Sports: Perspectives from Sons and Daughters." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1373494611.

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Ward, Megan. "When Love Cries: Popular 1980's Love Songs Examined Through Intimate Partner Violence." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1396889008.

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Thompson, James Loving. "Developing proficiency in the tenor arias of Vincenzo Bellini through the study and performance of the composer's art song repertoire." Diss., University of Iowa, 2013. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2644.

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Nilsson, John, and Lars Engström. "Story Through Gameplay : Design Patterns in Journey and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-21889.

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This is an analysis in which we played the games “Journey” and “Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons” with the goal of identifying game design patterns that were used to convey the games’ narratives. Using the method known as formal analysis we examined different situations in the games. Having identified which design patters seemed significant we decided upon a template with which we would present our findings. We found three patterns that we deemed were important enough to be defined in this paper; “Player guidance through Non Player Characters”, “Manipulation of controller effects” and “Visual reminders of the Player’s Goal” and explain these thoroughly. In our discussion we examine the value of our findings and how effective we found our method to be.

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Bonis, Susan A. "Contentment in "Songs of the gorilla nation: my journey through autism" a humanbecoming hermeneutic study /." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3372255/.

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Kwong, Suk-mun Elsa. "English through songs factors affecting students' motivation in an English as a second language classroom /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36736727.

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Sona, Brid [Verfasser], and Anna [Akademischer Betreuer] Steidle. "With all my senses : restorative environments through holistic sensory impressions / Brid Sona ; Betreuer: Anna Steidle." Hohenheim : Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1151935522/34.

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Kwong, Suk-mun Elsa, and 鄺淑敏. "English through songs: factors affecting students' motivation in an English as a second language classroom." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B36736727.

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Sherman, Philip. "Where words leave off, music begins : A comparison of how Henry Purcell and Franz Schubert convey text through their music in the compositions Music for a while and Erlkönig." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för klassisk musik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-2342.

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”The singer is always working through a text that in some way or another inspired the vocal line and its texture,” wrote American pianist, pedagogue, and author Thomas Grubb. But exactly how does a text inspire a composer to create this synergy between words and music? During the course of my studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, I gradually began to deepen my knowledge and awareness of Henry Purcell and Franz Schubert. I was at once astounded by their ability to seemlessly amalgamate the chosen texts to their music, and decided that this connection required greater research. The purpose of this study was thus to gain a deeper understanding of how Purcell and Schubert approached the relationship between text and music by studying the two pieces Music for a while and Erlkönig. I also wished to discover any similarities and differences between the composers’ approaches to word painting, in addition to discerning the role of the accompaniment to further illustrate the narrative. I began by reading literature about the two composers as well as John Dryden and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the poets whose texts were set to music. Once a greater understanding of them had been attained, I proceeded to analyze the texts and music for a greater comprehension of Purcell’s and Schubert’s methods. For early inspiration, I listened to numerous versions of the pieces by different musicians on YouTube. Both Purcell and Schubert used various tools in their compositional arsenals to accomplish their effortless combination of text and music. Amongst others, Purcell employed tonal ambiguity, unexpected harmonies, and repetition, while Schubert made use of vivid imagery, inventive treatment of chromaticism, and unmistakable rhythmic motifs. The analysis demonstrated that, while both composers painted lively and dramatic pictures in their compositions, their methods were strikingly different. The role of the accompaniment in Music for a while leaves much to the individual taste and ability of the instrumentalist(s) performing to assist the singer in setting the scene. In contrast, Schubert instructs the pianist in Erlkönig explicitly how they are to play, while additionally the piano personifies the fifth character in the story, the horse. Indeed, the role of the singer in the two pieces is equally at variance with the other. With Purcell, the singer portrays a priest, while the singer in Erlkönig personifies four different voices, each with their own melody, character, and tessitura. I hope this study will inspire others to delve deeper into the material with which they work to offer a more profound understanding to themselves and, ultimately, the listener.

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Urgo, George. "Re-imagining heaven through a cave blues music as institutional & ideological criticism in the lives & artistry of Son House & Honeyboy Edwards /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1376.

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Bithell, Caroline. "Issues of identity and transformation in the revival of traditional song in 20th century Corsica : #O that my voice would pierce through every mountain!'." Thesis, Bangor University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247956.

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Rosenberg, Aaron Louis. "Tegeni masikio: composing East African realities through young eyes." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-107414.

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At times creative writing has been employed by Tanzanians in order to demonstrate the progress of African peoples and to reflect the changes, or lack of them, in this society. Popular songs are another continually vibrant medium of intellectual exchange which appeals to various sectors of the Tanzanian populace. Such oral and written works, directed as they are to local and intra-national audiences, are most often created in the Swahili language. The relatively young age of Tanzania’s population, with nearly 65 percent of the population under 25 years of age has brought about a situation in which this young and dynamic population is increasingly seeing their voice and interests represented in literary and aural/oral works. What are the themes and strategies utilized by such songwriters and literary artists and what are their trajectories of dissemination, consumption and activation within Tanzanian social contexts?

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Hernandez, Katherine. "Songs for the Ghost Quarters : The disappearance and re-emergence of Stockholm's urban identity through modernization and globalization." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för komposition, dirigering och musikteori, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-1662.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Song thrush'

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