Theses & Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations by graduate students in the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1964
Thou Shalt Keep Christmas: An Operetta for Upper Elementary Grades or Junior High School Performance, Marion Gertrude Arends Open Access Thesis
Four Compositions for Percussion and Other Instruments, James Arnold Coffin Open Access Thesis
A Critical Survey of Recently Published Beginning Piano Methods, Margretta DenOuden Open Access Thesis
A Demonstration of the Instruments of the Band Through the Use of Slides, Tape Recording, or Live Performance, Robert E. Gaston Jr. Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1963
An Evaluation of an Inventory Instrument Designed to Measure the Attitudes of Some Iowa High School Band Students, Joseph Doering Doolittle Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1962
A Comparison of Musical Pitches of Selected Compositions Over the Last Three Hundred Years, With Implications for Contemporary Performance, Deloy Davidsen Open Access Thesis
The Relationship of the High School Music Program to the Post-High School Musical Activities of Selected Graduates of Decorah High School, Decorah, Iowa, Classes of 1940, 1945 and 1950, Elton Dresselhaus Open Access Thesis
Evaluating the Elementary Music Program: A Method Based on the Austin, Minnesota, 1959-60 Self-Survey, Leslie Eugene Dunlap Open Access Thesis
A Reference to the Care and Minor Repair of Band Instruments, Loran L. Eckroth Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1961
Introits, Hymns, Anthems, and Responses for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Donald L. Breshears Open Access Thesis
The “Beatitudes” an Oratorio for Mixed Chorus and Chamber Band, Rupert Hughes Fahnestock Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1959
A Handbook for the Production of Operettas in Small Secondary Schools, Thomas Eugene Curtis Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1958
Madrigals Transcribed for Small Ensembles of Brass Instruments, Robert George Ballenger Open Access Thesis
Suite for Harp and Orchestra, Avis Evely Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1955
A Pre-elementary Method for Cornet and Clarinet, James Croft Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1954
Transcriptions of Early Instrumental Music for Brass Ensemble, with a Style Analysis and Suggestions for Modern Use, William Robert Becker Open Access Thesis
A Method for the Instruction of Class Piano at the College Level, Constance Ann Brooks Open Access Thesis
A Beginning Class Method for Elementary School Children of Varied Abilities Playing Heterogeneous Instruments, Frank Peter Comella Open Access Thesis
The Brass Instrument Class, a Workbook-Text for the Teacher or Student of the Cornet, French Horn, and Trombone, F. Earl Dunn Open Access Thesis
A Supplementary Method for the Teaching of Expression in Music to the Large Ensemble, Hugh J. Eicke Open Access Thesis
Tonal Balance Within the Concert Band: An Objective Approach to Augment Subjective Theories, John L. Evenson Open Access Thesis
