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Title: Utopias Imagined and Real: The Communities of George Rapp and Robert Owen in Relation to the Utopias Conceived by Plato and Sir Thomas More.
Creator: Zimmer, Rosina P., Keaton, Kenneth, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2011-04-08
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3172443
Subject Headings: Plato, More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535, Utopias
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An examination of post-Vatican II music for the Catholic Liturgy: ethnic diversity as a vehicle of unity.
Creator: Panayiotou, Andrea C., Keaton, Kenneth, McClain, Sandra C., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2011-04-08
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164677
Subject Headings: Catholic Church --History --1965-, Church music --Catholic Church --20th century, Catholic Church --Liturgy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Aesthetic education: A curriculum supplement for elementary music class.
Creator: Ruswick, William John., Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: Over the last several years the Broward County, Florida school system has experienced a dramatic decline in music programs. In Broward County, as in many school systems across the nation, programs in music and the other arts are finding themselves reduced because of curtailed funding. The problems are constantly debated by school board members and top administration officials. Meanwhile, young people are deprived of music. A major concern of the music community has been an inability to...
Show moreOver the last several years the Broward County, Florida school system has experienced a dramatic decline in music programs. In Broward County, as in many school systems across the nation, programs in music and the other arts are finding themselves reduced because of curtailed funding. The problems are constantly debated by school board members and top administration officials. Meanwhile, young people are deprived of music. A major concern of the music community has been an inability to propose a truly self-justifying curriculum. Therefore, an aesthetically based curriculum supplement has been developed with the intention of cementing the place of music in the overall elementary school curriculum. This will be a major approach to curriculum building with instruction, which will include music theories, musical styles and periods, musicians, composition and historical facts. The objective is to create an understanding of music, establishing music as an integral part of school curriculum.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15146
Subject Headings: Music--Instruction and study, School music--Instruction and study, Music--Philosophy and aesthetics, Aesthetics--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Bernstein's unanswered question: A journey from linguistic deep structure to the metaphysics of music.
Creator: Thomas, Naomi., Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: In the fall of 1973, Leonard Bernstein assumed the Poetic Chair of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures and presented The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard in which he extended Noam Chomsky's linguistic theory of deep structure and transformational grammar to encompass not only musico-linguistic analogues, but also the deeper abstract concepts these forms of communication share. Most importantly, he explored beyond this conceptual domain to an even more essential source of creative...
Show moreIn the fall of 1973, Leonard Bernstein assumed the Poetic Chair of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures and presented The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard in which he extended Noam Chomsky's linguistic theory of deep structure and transformational grammar to encompass not only musico-linguistic analogues, but also the deeper abstract concepts these forms of communication share. Most importantly, he explored beyond this conceptual domain to an even more essential source of creative expression---the realm of the ineffable. Bernstein's circle metaphor represents this paradoxical, transcendental sphere. This thesis extrapolates the profound philosophic threads inferred by Bernstein's lectures, and analyzes the developing logic of his metaphysical-aesthetic Weltanschauung.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13136
Subject Headings: Bernstein, Leonard,--1918-, Music--History and criticism, Music appreciation
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Title: Music, rhetoric and the creation of feminist consciousness in the Marian songs of Hildegard of Bingen (1098--1179).
Creator: Lomer, Beverly R., Florida Atlantic University, Caputi, Jane, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: This dissertation examines the sixteen songs to Mary in the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum of twelfth century nun composer, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). The analysis demonstrates that the idiosyncratic musical style of the Symphonia cycle represents an innovative application of the rhetorical procedures of the medieval ars praedicandi and the ars dictamen to music centuries in advance of an articulated concept of musical rhetoric, and that one goal of the Marian repertory was to...
Show moreThis dissertation examines the sixteen songs to Mary in the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum of twelfth century nun composer, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). The analysis demonstrates that the idiosyncratic musical style of the Symphonia cycle represents an innovative application of the rhetorical procedures of the medieval ars praedicandi and the ars dictamen to music centuries in advance of an articulated concept of musical rhetoric, and that one goal of the Marian repertory was to affect the self-consciousness of the all-female audience in a positive direction. The effect is achieved through the strategically constructed and inextricable relationship between text and melody. The study reveals that Hildegard's deployment of repeated melody, and the predominance of such factors as wide pitch ranges, high ranges, elaborate melismas, the use of key modal tones as demarcating devices, and the predominance of uncharacteristically large leaps, serve as musical-rhetorical substructures by which the import of the text is enhanced, and additional levels of meaning are created. In accordance with the feminist agenda, the optimistic images that are presented in the songs are designed to challenge the contemporary devaluation of women and to restore the feminine to its formerly sacred place in the divine plan. The attribution of aspects of divinity to Mary, which closely resonate with the precepts of the ancient goddess thealogies, and which present her as an essential partner of the Godhead in the Redemption and as an and active, independent Salvatrix, offer the female monastic audience an alternative to the solely-masculine concept of the divine.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12192
Subject Headings: Hildegard,--Saint,--1098-1179--Criticism and interpretation, Music theory--History--500-1400, Hildegard,--Saint,--1098-1179--Musical settings, Women composers--Germany, Sacred songs, Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Title: Technology, Music and Social Change: 17 - 18th Centuries.
Creator: Hieronymus, Bruce, Keaton, Kenneth, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation examines the interrelationship of technology, music, and social change during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The analysis centers upon operas produced during these centuries beginning with the first opera of Claudio Monteverdi in 1607 and closing with the final opera of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791. The historical foundation of music, technology and social change at the beginning of the Seventeenth Century will first be established. Events that directly...
Show moreThis dissertation examines the interrelationship of technology, music, and social change during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The analysis centers upon operas produced during these centuries beginning with the first opera of Claudio Monteverdi in 1607 and closing with the final opera of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791. The historical foundation of music, technology and social change at the beginning of the Seventeenth Century will first be established. Events that directly influence this relationship will then be examined regarding their influence upon opera development. An explanation ofthe subjects of music, technology, and social change and a discussion of the interrelationships between these three topics precedes this historical analysis.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000983
Subject Headings: Technology--Social aspects--17th century, Technology--Social aspects--18th century, Creative ability--Social aspects, Music trade--Technological innovations--History
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The creative process is profoundly altered by changes in technology.
Creator: Hieronymus, Bruce, Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: Individuals throughout time have had a desire to reach beyond their surrounding intellectual and physical environment and explore new territories. Throughout their lives they have continually acquired knowledge. Technology is the application of this knowledge to solve problems. As the knowledge base of humankind has grown at an exponential rate, the presence of technology has also grown. Today technology has surpassed controls and is moving at a rampant rate of speed permitting the...
Show moreIndividuals throughout time have had a desire to reach beyond their surrounding intellectual and physical environment and explore new territories. Throughout their lives they have continually acquired knowledge. Technology is the application of this knowledge to solve problems. As the knowledge base of humankind has grown at an exponential rate, the presence of technology has also grown. Today technology has surpassed controls and is moving at a rampant rate of speed permitting the introduction of new levels of knowledge in all different layers of society. This, however, permits the creation and expression of new thoughts without the acquisition of previously required knowledge. Creativity is progressing rapidly without controls and the objects being created are somewhat questionable.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15690
Subject Headings: Technological innovations, Computer music, Technology--Social aspects, Creative ability
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Hildegard of Bingen: An analysis of feminine images in the songs to Mary, virgins and widows.
Creator: Lomer, Beverly R., Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: Hildegard of Bingen, while outwardly remaining within the boundaries of religious and societal orthodoxy, redefined the nature of woman into a more positive one by creatively reworking conventional viewpoints such as the value of humility, virginity and divine motherhood. Her ideas were most clearly expressed in the Symphonia songs dedicated to Mary, virgins and widows. In this paper, the ten songs to Mary, in which Hildegard most directly restates the feminine, are analyzed in terms of text...
Show moreHildegard of Bingen, while outwardly remaining within the boundaries of religious and societal orthodoxy, redefined the nature of woman into a more positive one by creatively reworking conventional viewpoints such as the value of humility, virginity and divine motherhood. Her ideas were most clearly expressed in the Symphonia songs dedicated to Mary, virgins and widows. In this paper, the ten songs to Mary, in which Hildegard most directly restates the feminine, are analyzed in terms of text/music relationships as they relate to this theme. The remaining six pieces for Mary, two of the songs to virgins and the one for widows are examined in a less detailed manner and only for verbal imagery. Introductory material is intended to place the composer and her thinking in context.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12794
Subject Headings: Hildegard,--Saint,--1098-1179, Women composers--Germany, Sacred songs, Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Title: Lili Boulanger (1893--1918): Her life and works.
Creator: Smith-Gonzalez, April Renee., Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: A young life, so full of hope and talent ended before its true potential was realized. Even so, Lili Boulanger's oeuvre stands alone as a prime example of artistic quality and purity. Her expression is clear and personal, giving us insight into the world in which she lived. A discussion of her life reveals a lonely girl who turned to music as her permanent voice in history. A discussion of her works reveals a highly intelligent and determined woman who composed brilliant music in spite of...
Show moreA young life, so full of hope and talent ended before its true potential was realized. Even so, Lili Boulanger's oeuvre stands alone as a prime example of artistic quality and purity. Her expression is clear and personal, giving us insight into the world in which she lived. A discussion of her life reveals a lonely girl who turned to music as her permanent voice in history. A discussion of her works reveals a highly intelligent and determined woman who composed brilliant music in spite of debilitating illness and prejudice. A discussion of the woman reveals Lili Boulanger to be an extraordinary person who cared for her family, friends, and fellowman. The first woman to win the Grand Prix de Rome competition in music, Boulanger is a role model for women composers who followed her.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12757
Subject Headings: Boulanger, Lili,--1893-1918, Women composers--France--Biography
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Leonard Bernstein: Music educator.
Creator: Peynado, Franklin., Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: Leonard Bernstein has been known worldwide as an outstanding conductor and composer, but only to a lesser extent as a music educator. His involvement and achievements as a music educator are enormous and collectively deserve greater attention. This thesis brings greater attention to those ventures by tracing his musical development and his career as a music educator.
Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15143
Subject Headings: Bernstein, Leonard,--1918-, Music--Instruction and study, Musicians--United States--Biography
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Title: The paradox of John Cage.
Creator: Gonzalez, Juan Carlos., Florida Atlantic University, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: It has been said that John Cage has had a greater impact on world music than any other American composer in the 20th Century. His work spans the media of visual art, dance, literature, and most relevant to this study, theater. What seemed to be a troubled personal state in his life led him to Eastern philosophies. The Zen philosophy of non-intention led to the creation of music that expressed no emotion and allowed the audience to do its own listening. Moreover, this indeterminacy allowed...
Show moreIt has been said that John Cage has had a greater impact on world music than any other American composer in the 20th Century. His work spans the media of visual art, dance, literature, and most relevant to this study, theater. What seemed to be a troubled personal state in his life led him to Eastern philosophies. The Zen philosophy of non-intention led to the creation of music that expressed no emotion and allowed the audience to do its own listening. Moreover, this indeterminacy allowed music to be action. This theatrical approach influenced a generation of artists that became the heart of the anti-art movement. This movement included happenings, multi-media works, and Fluxus. Many of these events were not only a revolt against conventional art, but also the state of political and social thought. In attempting to say nothing in his works, Cage communicated his manifesto quite well.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14851
Subject Headings: Cage, John--Criticism and interpretation., Music--20th century--History and criticism., Avant-garde (Music)
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Title: From Economics to Resources: Teaching Environmental Sustainability in Peru's Public Education.
Creator: Adriazola-Rodriguez, Ana, Keaton, Kenneth, Diaz, Carlos F., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation examines the teaching of environmental awareness in Peru's public educational system and how it needs to be consciously taught and improved in order to overcome contamination and pollution of resources and decrease poverty. This is a situation afflicting a significant percentage of Peruvians, who face difficulty in surviving and living well because the scarcity of clean air and water, unpolluted land, and affordable energy, which are basic environmental resources. The...
Show moreThis dissertation examines the teaching of environmental awareness in Peru's public educational system and how it needs to be consciously taught and improved in order to overcome contamination and pollution of resources and decrease poverty. This is a situation afflicting a significant percentage of Peruvians, who face difficulty in surviving and living well because the scarcity of clean air and water, unpolluted land, and affordable energy, which are basic environmental resources. The teaching of environmental awareness, as mandated by Educational Peruvian Laws and curriculum, should be redesigned to promote environmental ethical awareness and sustainability to guard Peru's natural and cultural resources, bounty and beauty before it is too late. In this way, education will promote a better level of life for the majority of Peruvians. Peruvian public education is presently in a state of emergency, as has been recognized by the former minister of education Javier Sota Nadal (2004-2006). Only 1 0% of students leaving high school understand what they read and only 4% do well in mathematics. A number of reasons contribute to this tragedy. Among them is principally the low quality of teaching and the inadequate budget available for public education. Peru's laws, echoing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and mandate good and free education and guarantee the right to live well. The reality is that none of these rights are properly given to the majority of poor Peruvians. This dissertation offers a course of action to teach and spread out not only environmental awareness, but also environmental ethics and sustainability from a personal perspective. This rounded concept, if applied, will form citizens able to guard, protect, and preserve natural and cultural resources. The needed environmental ethics and sustainability education will gradually guarantee, from early in life, a truthful way to love, care, protect and preserve the ecosystem. Also encompassed within this concept is to positively influence the behavior of professionals, economists, politicians, and citizens. It envisions interconnectedness between humans and the environment based on the teaching of environmental ethics and sustainability, educating children to develop critical thinking, and creativity, as well as adopting eco-design principles. This different approach could definitely better the new generation's contribution to preserve natural and cultural resources and to reduce poverty as well as contribute an example to other countries. Present and future Peruvian generations will be able to connect, care, protect, and sustain resources, so when it comes to sustainable development, they will be fully aware of the consequences of their actions toward the environment, themselves and their children's well being. In this way, education would truly fulfill its responsibility.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000564
Subject Headings: Education and state--Peru, Environmental education--Peru, Sustainable development--Study and teaching--Peru
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Title: Dante’s Lucifer in the Commedia: music, pride, and the corruption of the divine.
Creator: Zimmer, Rosina P., Keaton, Kenneth, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Music
Abstract/Description: The entity of Lucifer has long been an area of study and confusion throughout history. Among notable literary minds, Dante Alighieri stands out as an illuminating poet who brings to light the essence and nature of this nefarious character and his influence on mankind. In his revelatory work, the Commedia, Dante touches on but does not explicitly detail the scope and importance that music and specifically, song, has on the redemptive purgation of the soul. This work provides a more in depth...
Show moreThe entity of Lucifer has long been an area of study and confusion throughout history. Among notable literary minds, Dante Alighieri stands out as an illuminating poet who brings to light the essence and nature of this nefarious character and his influence on mankind. In his revelatory work, the Commedia, Dante touches on but does not explicitly detail the scope and importance that music and specifically, song, has on the redemptive purgation of the soul. This work provides a more in depth investigation into the generally overlooked issue, that is, the origin and initial intent of song, the perversion of which, by whom and why, and Dante’s perception of the subject revealed in his missive to mankind. Along scientific theory, along with other works by Dante to provide a link between Lucifer, music, the sin of pride, and the corruption of the divine.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004241, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004241
Subject Headings: Dante Alighieri -- 1265-1321 -- Divina commedia -- Criticism and interpretation, Dante Alighieri -- 1265-1321 -- Divina commedia -- Songs and music -- Criticism and interpretation, Hell -- Christianity -- History of doctrines, Italian literature -- To 1400 -- History and criticism
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Title: Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte: A Kingdom of Notes and Numbers.
Creator: Garafallo, Daemon, Keaton, Kenneth, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Music
Abstract/Description: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Die Zauberflöte in the last year of his life. It was intended in part to glorify Freemasonry as a new Emperor, more hostile to the Masons, took his office. After a brief survey of his life and works, this paper shows how Mozart used number symbolism in the opera, and will equip the reader with an understanding of this as practiced by the Freemasons. Further, it will show how Mozart associated the characters of the opera with specific musical tones. It will...
Show moreWolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Die Zauberflöte in the last year of his life. It was intended in part to glorify Freemasonry as a new Emperor, more hostile to the Masons, took his office. After a brief survey of his life and works, this paper shows how Mozart used number symbolism in the opera, and will equip the reader with an understanding of this as practiced by the Freemasons. Further, it will show how Mozart associated the characters of the opera with specific musical tones. It will expose a deeper understanding of the question of meaning in word and text in his opera.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004596
Subject Headings: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791. -- Zauberflötte -- Criticism and interpretation., Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791 -- Symbolism., Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791 -- Freemasonry.
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Title: The theological roots and historical context of J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew passion, BWV 244.
Creator: Hubbard, Tennison, Keaton, Kenneth, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Music
Abstract/Description: History shows that Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a devout member of the Lutheran faith. Studying Bach’s life reveals that two sects of Lutheranism were the most influential to him, Orthodoxy and Pietism. A brief historical study of these two sects’ founders and their theology are presented in this document. All of Bach’s compositions are a reflection of his Christian beliefs but none is greater than his St. Matthew Passion. Although Bach is known to be a member of the Orthodox...
Show moreHistory shows that Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a devout member of the Lutheran faith. Studying Bach’s life reveals that two sects of Lutheranism were the most influential to him, Orthodoxy and Pietism. A brief historical study of these two sects’ founders and their theology are presented in this document. All of Bach’s compositions are a reflection of his Christian beliefs but none is greater than his St. Matthew Passion. Although Bach is known to be a member of the Orthodox denomination, by observing the parallels between the beliefs of the two sects and the St. Matthew Passion, this document reveals Bach to take a more liberal view. This thesis intends to show that Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is a universal piece of Christian music that transcends religious denomination. Ultimately, Bach’s faith was centered on Jesus Christ and His message.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004380, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004380
Subject Headings: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- 1685-1750 -- Matthäupassion -- History and criticism, Music -- Religious aspects, Oratorios -- Vocal scores with piano, Passion music -- Criticism and interpretation, Pietism -- Germany
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