Search for dissertations about: "song of songs"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words song of songs.
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6. Shaping the nation with song : Johann Friedrich Reichardt and the German cultural identity
Abstract : The primary aim of this dissertation is to study the nationalistic worldview as it emerged in the German lands in the second half of the eighteenth century . The research focuses on how this influenced the artistic practices of Prussian composer, writer and court Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), and likewise how Reichardt’s activities influenced and formed this field. READ MORE
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7. Can you hear what they´re playing? : a study of strategies among ear players in rock music
Abstract : The purpose of this study was to describe and explain strategies used by ear players to hear and play chord progressions when playing unfamiliar rock songs. To this end, three rock songs were written and recorded especially for the study. READ MORE
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8. The Brothers Al-Kuwaity and the Iraqi Song 1930–1950
Abstract : The brothers Saleh al-Kuwaity صالح الكويتي (1908–1986) and Daud al-Kuwaity داود الكويتي (1910–1976) were active as performers, composers, teachers and music entrepreneurs in Baghdad between 1930 and 1950, and they continued to work after immigrating to Israel in 1951. This thesis explores the brothers’ work in Iraq, and how it was intertwined with processes of modernisation and westernisation, at a time when Iraq was forming itself as a nation-state. READ MORE
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9. Speciation and Metabolic rate : Insights from an avian hybrid zone
Abstract : The role of divergent climate adaptation in speciation has received surprisingly little scientific attention. My dissertation research focused on how resting metabolic rate (RMR) relates to the build up of prezygotic and postzygotic isolation in a natural Ficedula flycatcher hybrid zone. READ MORE
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10. Teaching Islam : Islamic Religious Education at Three Muslim Schools in Sweden
Abstract : This study concerns the formulation of Islamic religious education (IRE) at three Swedish Muslim schools which offered IRE as an extra curricular subject, one to three hours per week. The study contributes to the understanding of how IRE is formed as a confessional school subject within the framework and under the jurisdiction of the Swedish school system. READ MORE