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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Art song"”.
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Late Romantic art song from various national styles
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Benjamin Britten: Text Setting as Cultural Custodian in Art Song
… Britten, text-setting analysis is analogous to song analysis; this dissertation cautions that non-engagement in text-setting is to approach song as if it were instrumental music; likewise, to consider inadequately the wide-ranging musical implications of music-text relations is to limit the …
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Colores Mexicanos: The Mexican Art Song and Setting Mexican Texts to Music
In the Western art music tradition, we typically associate the art song genre with French, Italian, and German music traditions. However, since the rising of Miguel Ponce and his other, 20th-century contemporaries, the Mexican art song tradition has established its own, unique place and role within …
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Tiberiu Brediceanu's Doine şi cântece poporale româneşti and folk-inspired art song
… one of the largest collections of Romanian folksongs, assembling over two thousand melodies. In his collection Doine si cantece poporale romanesti (Doinas and other Romanian Folksongs, 1927), Brediceanu set traditional folksongs in the style of lieder, arranging eighty folksongs for voice and …
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Translating and interpreting South Africa’s cultures: art, song and dance in Mda’s selected novels
… interpretation of South African cultures through art, song, and dance in Zakes Mda's following novels: Ways of Dying (1995), She Plays with the Darkness (1995), The Heart of Redness (2000), and The Sculptors of Mapungubwe (2013). The study employs post-colonial theories and decolonial perspectives …
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The Voice of Children in Art Song: A Study of Six Cycles Involving a Child's Perspective
… explores the often overlooked and undervalued song cycle repertory containing children’s themes. This genre includes music written and performed by adults that offers elements of a child’s world within the poetry. Various modes of communication are possible in songs with children’s themes, …
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Allure and Ideology in the Poetry of Gabriele D'Annunzio: Rediscovering Italian Art Song in Pre-Fascist Italy (1900-1930)
… set out to create a national identity in art song. These composers found inspiration in part by the poetry and nationalistic spirit of Gabriele D'Annunzio.</p><p>This study intends to provide historical background and context on the poet as well as the composers. It will also include brief …
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Introduction to Brazilian art song: a pedagogical guide and analysis for selected art songs for use in the voice studio
The underrepresentation of Brazilian art song in international concert venues and studio teaching is linked to restricted access to scores, the absence of an official International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Brazilian Portuguese, and a lack of knowledge regarding Brazilian music history. This …
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The Impact of Expanded, Multimodal Applications during a German Lied Performance
… the impact of adaptive methods and modalities in Art Song performance in connecting with adult audiences (aged 18 and older) as explored through a live performance of German Lieder. In addition, this study sought to contribute a qualitative experimental study of in-situ audience perception to an …
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A study of English-language sacred solo literature by selected twentieth-century composers
… includes a biographical sketch, discussion of song style and sacred solo literature, an annotated list of sacred solo works, and recommended sources for further study. The biographical sketches of many composers include discussions of their religious lives and philosophical beliefs, placing …
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The art songs of Jaime León: a textual and musical analysis
The thirty-six art songs of Colombian composer Jaime León (b. 1921) represent an important addition to the art song repertory. Chapter 1 introduces the topic and the literature on Jaime León and Latin American art song. Jaime León's biography forms Chapter 2, including his training as a pianist and …
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The Art Songs of Tom Cipullo
… Tom Cipullo plays in the development of American Art Song 1992-2008. Born in 1956, composer Tom Cipullo has written well over 100 songs. His music is complex and challenging yet firmly rooted in the 20th-century continuation of Romanticism. Cipullo's choice of poetry is almost always contemporary …
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Interpretation of song cycle Songs and Poems from Shijing by Yangfan Xu—five tones of the Huangdi Neijing for soothing emotion in singing
The five-tone system articulated in the Huangdi Neijing, a foundational text of traditional Chinese medicine, have often been invoked as a tonal–cosmological system. Yet they have rarely been examined in relation to musical structure, vocal embodiment, and emotional experience in contemporary art …
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Vocal health and repertoire for the dramatic mezzo-soprano : a suggested course of study
… The guide includes selections from the genres of art song (beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels), opera and oratorio arias, concert works, and song cycles. Selected art songs and arias are presented from a vocal health perspective, using McKinney’s eight principles of Good Vocal Sound. In …
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Graduate Recital, Voice
… four historical periods of vocal performance art song literature in recital format. The Italian classical period will be represented by the Mozart concert aria, "L'amerò sarò costante, " from Il Rè Pastore. A set of four Schubert lieder will act as a bridge between the classical and romantic …
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CANCIONES ARGENTINAS (SONGS OF ARGENTINA): A RECORDING PROJECT
… Project comprises recordings of Argentine art songs. The discs are approximately 40-60 minutes in length and consist of songs from the traditional art-song repertoire for voice and piano. This project is particularly appropriate because of the very limited number of recordings of Argentine …
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Perfume of the Soul: Compositional Influences of Emile Naoumoff
… from studies with Nadia Boulanger; the French art song period; and his current fascination with the art of improvisation. My main focus will be to define and analyze the distinct stylistic differences of each period and to explore Naoumoff's various influences and inspirations. Additionally, I …
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Jose Siqueira's Oito canções populares brasileiras : an analytical and interpretative study
… Populares Brasileiras (Eight Popular Brazilian Songs), published in 1955 for voice and piano. The analyses show how the composer used musical materials from Northeastern folklore, Native Brazilian culture, and popular urban musical traditions in the composition of this song set. The author also …
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Graduate Recital, Voice
… character within both the opera and art song community, from recitative and arias symbolic of the Baroque style, to the Bel canto form of singing recitative and aria in the 19th century. This includes as well, the Romantic Lieder and Art songs that find themselves within the 20th …
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