This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Music. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 1956
An Original Song Cycle, Donald Mertz Hardisty
Ten Original Compositions of Progressive Difficulty for Clarinet Choir an Analysis and Evaluation of this Work, Harold Walter Harvey
Comparative study of the uses of music at the Montana State Prison with prisons of the Northwest area, Donald Joseph Landreville
Suite for Band, Fredrick Joseph Nelson
Critical survey of selected beginning piano methods, Robert William Ruppel
Theses/Dissertations from 1955
A Transcription for Band of Enedsco's Second Rumanian Rhapsody In D Major, Georges Enesco
Survey to determine the duties of the elementary music supervisor as recommended by selected classroom teachers in Montana, Lane Dale Justus
Interpretative analysis of fifty contemporary songs for solo voices, Muriel Ruth Maxwell
Selected units in music for a one year general music course at the junior high level, Donna Erickson Nevin
Survey of the cost of music education in selected schools of northwest Iowa, Gail Ralph Royer
Comparative investigation of the expenditures of selected high school orchestras, Richard Robb Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1954
A Transcription of Ludwig Van Beethoven's Oreture "Concration of the House" for High School Band, Ludwig van Beethoven
Selection and analysis of one hundred sacred anthems for mixed voices, Coyne Glenn Burnett
Survey of qualifications of vocal instructors in universities, colleges, and class "A" high schools in the Northwest, John Neil Dahlstrom
Four psalms and two alleluias: Six sacred anthems for a cappella choir with soprano tenor and baritone solos, Susan Elizabeth Schwab
Theses/Dissertations from 1953
Survey of the activities of Montana State University School of Music graduates, James Howard Cole
Symphonette for Band, Judson Dana Maynard
Band pageantry, Jack Wayne McGuin
Critical analysis of sixty-five overtures for class "C" bands, Guy Howard Price
Evaluation of the music education curriculum at Montana State University, Donald Percy Schofield
Status of grade school bands in Washington, Ward R. Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1952
Guide to musical experiences in Billings junior high school choral music, Ruth V. Bakewell
Utilization of high school musical experiences in adult life, a study of selected graduates of Beaverhead County High School, George Edward Bowring
History of the School of Music, Montana State University (1895-1952), John Roswell Cowan
Vocal technique for elementary schools, Charles Cutts
Suggested outline for a course of study in music theory for high schools based on recognized college texts, Alan L. Fryberger
Montana music education as viewed by public school administrators in elementary and high schools, Janet Mildred Jones
Factors common to Protestant church choirs in Helena, Montana, and their relationship to public school music, George Daniel Lewis
Theses/Dissertations from 1951
School music competition-festivals in Montana, Robert William Fransham
Theses/Dissertations from 1950
Effect of individual vocal study upon the school choral program, James Harvey Callihan
Some aims and values of class piano, their relation to the basic idea in the music education philosophy, Phoebe Said Habib
Development of a functional knowledge of theory through simplified dance orchestra arranging, Ralph John Hartse
Factors influencing the motivation of secondary school choral programs, E. Bruce Johnson
Loss of piano students during the first year of study in the Missoula schools, Ruth Winner Marshall
Montana high school dance bands| A survey of student dance bands in sixty-three high schools in Montana, Dean Lewis Vinal
Theses/Dissertations from 1949
A study of certain practices of music education in Montana elementary schools having an enrollment of five hundred or more, Kenneth William Barry
An evaluation of community support in the establishment of an instrumental program, Robert Paul Langen
Loss of students in beginning bands in the Missoula schools, George Emerson Miller
Survey of music scheduling and crediting practices in 28 Montana high schools, Stephen Lee Niblack
Guidance in music, Robert Lloyd Staffanson