“Oh My Son!”: The Musical Origins and Function of King David’s Lamentation

01 October 2009 Introduction In his 1981 article “Prince Henry as Absalom in David’s Lamentations” Irving Godt examined a group of seventeenth-century English settings based on King David’s laments for his son Absalom and his friend Jonathan.1 On the basis of the...

To Doctor or Not, That is (Still) the Question

01 October 1981 from the Department of Music, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, after which our statement is patterned. authors: Ronald D. Ross author_ids: 1313 authors: Ronald D. Ross author_ids: 1313

Jenny Lind and P. T. Barnum: A Success Story of Music, Business, and Philanthropy

20 September 2019 Abstract Soprano Jenny Lind (1820–87), known as the “Swedish Nightingale,” toured the United States in 1850 under the auspices of “America’s Greatest Showman” and self-proclaimed “Prince of Humbug,” P. T. Barnum (1810–91). The tour was a phenomenal...

Faculty Accountability and the Performing Arts

01 October 1976 "MEMORANDUM TO: All College and University Administrators FROM: Legislative Task Force on Education SUBJECT: Faculty Accountability A legislative task force recently completed a study of faculty loads and effort at all institutions of higher learning...

Hiring Criteria for Applied Music Faculty at U. S. Colleges and Universities

01 October 1991 of Faculty Members at the North Texas State University School of Music," N.A.S.M. Proceedings 69 (1981): 90-100. Ronald D. Ross, "The Fine Art of Faculty Recruitment," Music Educators Journal 67 (May 1981): 49-51. 2LeRoy Pogemiller, "College Teaching...