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Rasmussen, Karen – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1994
Addresses the rhetorical functioning of musical form through a study of the interrelationships among musical, poetic, and structural facets of Leonard Bernstein's Third Symphony. Argues that the symphony's appeal rests in its empowering of human agents by enacting a transcendent rebirth achieved through a series of lateral transformations.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Higher Education, Musical Composition, Religion

LeCoat, Gerard G. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1976
Contends that rhetorical theory of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries influenced the theory of the composition of music and offers examples of vocal music which was adapted to the rhetorical appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos. (MH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Music, Musical Composition, Persuasive Discourse