Tag: Wesley Roberts
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Postscript
Readers of this issue of The Campbellsville Review will have noticed by now a strong focus on current issues in academia and the world today. In spite of our myriad accomplishments in medicine and technology, there are always those topics for which the measuring rod sometimes has to struggle to register significant achievements. Such can…
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Abstract
Deng Yu-Xian (1906-1944): Composer of Taiwanese Ballads Yun-Hsuan Huang, M.A. Chairperson: Dr. Wesley Roberts This study examines the music of Deng Yu-Xian and his pioneering work as a composer of ballads. The study considers Deng ‘s creative style and influence upon popular music in Taiwan in the early to mid-Twentieth Century. Deng collected traditional and…
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Postscript
Who could have imagined four centuries ago the impact which the King James translation of the Bible would have on the English-speaking world? Among the many commemorative events occurring in 2011, Campbellsville University’s celebration of the quadricentennial anniversary of this landmark translation was an invigorating look back to the past and a reflection on the…
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A Historical Introduction and Study of the Music Program at the Kentucky School for the Deaf Cristina Soares da Silva, M.A. Chairperson: Dr. Wesley Roberts The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the history and current methods of music education to elementary-level students at the Kentucky School for the Deaf in Danville, Kentucky. The…
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Published Works by Faculty and Staff
During the past two years, members of Campbellsville University’s faculty have authored and co-authored many published books, articles, stories, and reviews. A listing of these publications follows. John R. Burch Books DeSpain, Joseph Y., John Russell Burch, Jr., and Timothy Q. Hooper. Green County, Kentucky: Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013. Encyclopedia Articles…
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An Examination of Brazilian Folk Music Elements and their Transference to Classical Suites for Piano
Abstract Danielle Batista Silva de Souza, M.A. Campbellsville University Chairperson: Dr. Wesley Roberts This thesis investigates the transference of Brazilian folk music elements into two suites for solo piano by Marlos Nobre and Villa-Lobos. A brief historical survey into nationalistic musical folklore is given and its influence upon the compositional language used in Nobre’s IV…
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From the Editor
In a sweltering gymnasium, Dr. E. Bruce Heilman (Campbellsville College, Class of 1949) delivered one of the most inspiring addresses on campus within the past two years. A veteran of World War II, who has experienced many of life’s challenges, he kept graduates, parents, family members, faculty, and staff with an energetic, humorous, and interesting…