The purpose of my study is to examine if the total study results differ between Music classes and regular classes. Are there higher grades in Music classes? If so, what are the causes for this? I chose to make an inquiry at two schools in different town districts, with Music classes. At those schools I also collected data of pupils grades, and was informed by the principals and the Music teachers about the activities. The number of respondents were ninety.The inquiry showed that the grades were markedly better in Music classes, and that you can see great differences in well-being, parental engagement and ambition level, compared to regular classes.

Muscial theatre for children ? the function of the Music in theatrical storytelling for children in Regionteatern Blekinge-Kronoberg. Sweden, Växjö, 2006.The aim of this essay is to examine Music in theatre for children. There is not much recent research about the subject so this essay is a way to discern this part of the theatre and to get more people interested in the matter. The survey will focus on how Music is used in an institutional theatre (Regionteatern Blekinge-Kronoberg) that works with plays for children.

The Music industry has been subject to great changes during the last ten years. The most significant factor contributing to this change is the increasing usage of broadband and thereby the increasing frequency of downloading Music illegally. Music piracy and file sharing have caused record sales to plummet. Consumers have now moved on to consuming Music in a digital format, not only through downloading but also from streaming Music online, an activity partly made possible by social media channels such as YouTube. As the consumption patterns have changed companies within the Music industry have been forced to find other sources of income than record sales and they have also needed to find alternate ways to market their artists.

With this empirical essay I want to research how and why pedagogues use Music in their preschool activities. Music is important to me and in relation to the new educational plan I have cautions about that the esthetic subjects may be less prioritized than before. The purpose with my study is to find out preschool pedagogues perspective in learning and evolving children?s educational matters through Music. I base my literature theories in this study on Vygotskij and Fröbels theoretical perspectives.

This thesis, entitled The Headmaster and the Music, is based on interviews with four headmasters, who are all working in the Swedish compulsory school. The purpose is to investigate how they view Music, both in general and as a school subject. Since the research on this topic is scarce, the study can be described as explorative.The result shows that the headmasters? personal experiences have an impact on the way they view Music. Four different focus points on Music in school have emerged from the material, and these represent the four very different views that each headmaster holds.

The aim of the study was to illustrate how Music therapy can be used in the care of patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic illness.The method used was a literature review. Scientific articles were searched in PubMed, Cinahl, PsycINFO och Scopus databases with an outcome of ten articles, with in total 330 participants, that underwent quality and outcomes analysis.The results showed that Music therapy could provide potential improvement in the patients' social functions and that it could also improve negative, some positive and general schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms in some patients. The form of Music therapy used was often creative Music activities with Music therapist, with or without structure, or individually customized. The length of treatment varied widely. It was not possible to draw conclusions about which type of Music therapy was best.

This essay examines the communication value of Music in television advertising. It studies different forms of Music and whether these forms contribute positively or negatively to how television advertising is perceived and remembered. The forms are jingle, familiar song and unfamiliar song. 100 high school students participated in the study through a questionnaire.                      The study shows that Music is an important tool that complements television advertisings visual aspects. Music creates feelings, emphasizes aspects of the image and clarifies the advertised message.

This paper is a study of 18 extant pieces of panegyrical Music for the Swedish king Karl XI (1655?1697). The compositions are preserved in two forms. There are a few contemporary prints, but the largest amount of Music is preserved as manuscripts in the Düben­collection (Uppsala University Library). The paper focuses on four different aspects of the production of these 18 compositions.

This is an analysis of the Music in the television-series The Tudors (2007 ? 2010). The opening credits and how death is portrayed Musically in the last episode are analyzed. My question is what functions the Music has. The method used is Michel Chion?s masking-method.

Title: "It is logical, but not logical at all compared to every other logical thing." - A study about how students in upper secondary school reflect about their studies in Pitch and Music theory.Pitch and Music theory is a compulsory subject for Music students in the art programme of upper secondary school of Sweden. The aim of the subject is to develop the students? knowledge about Music theory concepts in order to help them play and create Music on their own. The aim of this paper is to discuss how students talk about ear training and Music theory. Qualitative group interviews were carried out with two student groups from the first and second year of the upper secondary school.

This essay is a study of the various attitudes and behavioral habits for Music consumption and discovery of new Music amongst young people in Sweden from a receivers perspective. The aim of the study is to review and map out the current trends, habits and cultural views on Music consumption. An online survey was posted and spread on Facebook with 195 respondents as a result. The analyzed result and conclusions of the survey was then to be of use for understanding how to market and spread new Music more efficiently. The study showed that there are three dominating sources of Music for youth in Sweden.

This thesis, entitled The Headmaster and the Music, is based on interviews with four headmasters, who are all working in the Swedish compulsory school. The purpose is to investigate how they view Music, both in general and as a school subject. Since the research on this topic is scarce, the study can be described as explorative.The result shows that the headmasters? personal experiences have an impact on the way they view Music. Four different focus points on Music in school have emerged from the material, and these represent the four very different views that each headmaster holds.

The retail industry is complex and when it comes to the in-store environment conventional marketing tools seldom find their way. The impacts of in-store atmospherics on customers and the psychological impact the store environment has on their decision-making are rather remarkable. An in-store atmospheric that often is used in order to affect customers is Music, in fact it is one of the in-store elements that has been investigated more carefully. Nevertheless, in spite several studies on Music and its impact as an in-store atmospheric on customers, it is not yet obvious what applies. To bring some clarity on the subject this study is aspiring to explain what applies when it comes to playing Music in grocery stores.

The aim in this thesis is to study what attitude Music teachers in Sweden and New Zealand have towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Music education and obtain a better understanding of how their attitudes affect the way they use ICT in their teaching. Another intention is to discuss differences and similarities between the teachers´ preferences regarding this issue in the two different countries, and whether it has any effect on teaching. It's a qualitative study based on interviews with Music teachers from both countries. Through the answers we can get an impression about how ICT is used in Music education, how the curriculum is interpreted when it comes to use ICT in Music education and how the teachers' attitudes towards ICT affect the Music education. This thesis shows that teachers are positive towards ICT in Music education but the attitude, knowledge and the way of using it differs, due to access to technology and different opinions about what is essential in Music and what is pedagogical.

Previous studies have shown positive results on the use of Music as postoperative pain relief. Quantitative studies have examined the effect of Music on rated pain and otherparameters such as anxiety, relaxation and blood-pressure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expectations and experiences of patients and nurses onimplementing Music as postoperative pain relief in an orthopedic unitQualitative design and semi-structured interviews were used to examine expectations and experiences. Five patients and five nurses in the unit were interviewed.Four themes developed during the data-analysis. These themes were ?Expectations on Music as postoperative pain relief?, ?Experiences of Music as postoperative pain relief?,?Effects of Music as postoperative pain relief? and ?Continued implementation of Musicas postoperative pain relief?.