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Part I--Night of the Living Dead, the opera Part II--How Music Sounds: A Comprehensive Guide to the Grammar of Music

Goodman, Todd William

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2017, PHD, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Music, Hugh A. Glauser.
Todd Goodman's dissertation is in two parts: Part I is an operatic setting of the classic 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead, with the original screenplay by George A. Romero and John Russo. The work, in two acts, is scored for eight principal soloists, six supporting soloists, chorus, and chamber orchestra--flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), violin, violoncello, piano, synthesizer, and percussion. The libretto for the opera is an adaptation by Stephen Catanzarite of the original screenplay, currently in the public domain. The opera is approximately two hours in duration. Part II, How Music Sounds: a Comprehensive Guide to the Study of the Grammar of Music, is a textbook intended for high-school students to help in their study of musicianship. This book creates a comprehensive foundation for teenage students to have a better understanding of the fundamentals of music through basic harmony, simple compositional technique, keyboarding skills, aural skills, and rhythmic comprehension. This textbook also includes historical contexts of how the theoretical understanding of music evolved—all at a pace that is conducive to the learning of that age group. This dissertation also includes a review of the current music theory, aural skills, and rhythmic studies textbooks currently in use throughout secondary education in the United States.
Ralph Lorenz, PHD (Committee Co-Chair)
Frank Wiley, DMA (Committee Co-Chair)
Jay White, DMA (Committee Member)
Mark Lewis, PHD (Committee Member)
860 p.

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  • Goodman, T. W. (2017). Part I--Night of the Living Dead, the opera Part II--How Music Sounds: A Comprehensive Guide to the Grammar of Music [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1501093066724373

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Goodman, Todd. Part I--Night of the Living Dead, the opera Part II--How Music Sounds: A Comprehensive Guide to the Grammar of Music. 2017. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1501093066724373.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Goodman, Todd. "Part I--Night of the Living Dead, the opera Part II--How Music Sounds: A Comprehensive Guide to the Grammar of Music." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1501093066724373

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)