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Purpose. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether the use of authentic songs in the introduction of new vocabulary items had an effect on vocabulary acquisition and retention for second language learners. This was achieved by comparing the introduction of the new …

This dissertation explores the musical and personal experiences of three Sudanese women performers and understanding the textual meanings of a particular type of women's songs labeled as “aghani al-banat” that is usually performed at women's gatherings in Central Sudan, specific…

Dan Beaty (1937-2002) was a prolific composer, pianist, researcher, educator, and writer. His large compositional output included chamber works, choral works, songs, orchestral pieces, electronic music, and keyboard works. Beaty was well versed in traditional Western music as we…

This project explores the early years of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir (known initially as the Freiheit Gezang Farein or Freedom Singing Society), a mixed amateur ensemble with roots in the secular Jewish labour movement. I cover the choir's beginnings in 1925 through the depart…

World War One impacted a wide range of cultural and social activities, which the people of the Allied nations, most notably the United States, typically engaged in. One iconic activity of cultural engagement which saw its focus and societal role altered and shifted by the Great …