Presents an annotated bibliography of music written specifically for young children or for occasions in which the child's enjoyment of the music is of primary importance. (MP)

Subjects (96 undergraduate music students) were given freedom to alter pitch levels, tempos, and timbral qualities of tape recordings of 12 familiar and unfamiliar piano solos. Subject responses were analyzed for accuracy, as well as for preference directions. (Author/SJL)

Composer Jack Beeson discusses the distinctively American themes and music of his operas and comments on opera composition in general, matters of style, and the televising of opera. This article is part of a theme issue on opera. (SJL)

Describes the structural similarities inherent in musical and linguistic compositions and how they reflect basic human impulses and principles of effective composition. Uses Bach's "Passacaglia" to illustrate the characteristics of good composition. (JMF)

Considers silence and the dimensions of sound. (Editor/RK)

Addresses the rhetorical functioning of musical form through a study of the interrelationships among musical, poetic, and structural facets of Leonard Bernstein's Third Symphony. Argues that the symphony's appeal rests in its empowering of human agents by enacting a transcendent rebirth achieved through a series of lateral transformations.…

This researcher sought to investigate the relationship between perceptual learning modalities of fifth grade elementary school students and their compositional processes and products. Music composition, at the elementary school level, has been studied for many years, as the creation of new music can give students a more active role in learning,…

This study reports students' motivation changes after they were guided to compose. A total of 582 students in five primary schools responded to a set of pre- and post-activity questionnaires before and after participating in composing activities. A univariate ANOVA and a series of repeated measures ANOVAs were used to compare the mean scores…

Reported discourse--as theorized by Bakhtin, bringing the voices of others into our own writing through quotation, citation and paraphrase, as well as more subtle means--is at the heart of all academic writing, including basic writing. This article, both in its texture and its analysis, demonstrates that reported discourse must be regarded, and…

Article suggested a method for exposing children to quality music so they can develop discriminatory listening skills, and also a real love for music. (Author/RK)

Article provided two lists of works for string orchestra and symphonic orchestra as part of one of the projects of the MENC Bicentennial Commission. (Editor)

Author examined some of the ways that the art of composition is applied in jazz through concentrating on three figures - Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk. (Editor/RK)

Article evaluated the character and compositions of the eccentric French artists, Erik Satie. (RK)

Article provided a profile of the American composer, Charles Wakefield Cadman, one of the first American composers completely educated in this country. (Author/RK)

The appearance of the golden section at many points of Beethoven's and Bartok's music is discussed. (MP)