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Hector Berlioz and 'Le Systeme Shakespearien.'
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Characterization in the dramatic works of Hector Berlioz
… My aim is to show the musical means by which Berlioz achieved characterization. To do this I select three of his dramatic works, created at different periods of his career, and follow some key figures through the action, analyzing their role. Part One deals with a theoretical approach to …
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La estética musical de Héctor Berlioz a través de sus textos
… del arte romántico francés integrada por Hector Berlioz, Délacroix y Victor Hugo. El primero de ellos, bien conocido como compositor, mostró una inclinación natural hacia la literatura. Indudablemente, Berlioz se erige como el compositor que con mayor fortuna logró expresarse en prosa, muy por …
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The Resurrexit from Hector Berlioz's Messe solennelle (1825): A Case Study in Self-Borrowing
Hector Berlioz's Messe solennelle, his first publicly performed work, was important to his establishment in Paris as a composer. Although he later destroyed the Mass, he reused parts of the Resurrexit movement in three of his later works: Benvenuto Cellini (1836), the Grand messe des morts (1837), …
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Fierce Flames and the Golden Lotus: Case Studies on the Madness and Creativity Connection
… figures examined are Gustave Flaubert, Hector Berlioz, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath.
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Fierce Flames and the Golden Lotus: Case Studies on the Madness and Creativity Connection
… figures examined are Gustave Flaubert, Hector Berlioz, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath.
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A Transcription of Op. 94 Morceau de Concert, by Camille Saint-Saëns For Solo Bass Trombone and Brass Ensemble
… nineteenth-century orchestration treatises of Berlioz and Strauss as well as the twentieth-century texts of Erik Leidzén, Walter Piston, and Samuel Adler. The transcription process is shaped by the principles of these writers. The score is contained in the appendix.
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The structure of Franck's D minor symphony and its historical antecedents
… in the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Schumann and Liszt, as the historical antecedents to Franck's Symphony in D minor (1888). After an investigation of the motivic derivation and inter-relationships of the cyclic themes in Franck's Symphony, the manner in which the cyclic …
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Liszt’s Heroes: An investigation into the Artistic Interdependence of Franz Liszt and his Contemporaries
… featured in this study (Chopin. Wagner. Berlioz and Schumann) were chosen because of their importance as seminal figures in the musical life of the nineteenth century, as well as their importance in Liszt’s own life, both personal and artistic. He wrote extensively in letters and essays …
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The leitmotif technique in Puccini's La Bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly
… in rhythm and harmony. In the works of Weber and Berlioz, a different leitmotif technique was developed. This leitmotif was altered in subsequent appearances in terms of rhythm, melody and harmony. Before Wagner, the leitmotif was used independently and was not associated with other motifs. In …
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Style in the Music of Arthur Sullivan: An Investigation
… of prominent European composers such as Berlioz and Liszt. The final section is a close examination of Sullivan’s most successful choral work, The Golden Legend. One of the principal aims is to address the dearth of scholarship on the technical aspects of this composer’s music. Where a …
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Musical Ambiguity in Analysis and Composition: Problems of Pattern, Value, Form, and Structure
… concept is used in analysis of a passage from Berlioz' Requiem. The relationship of synchronic recomposition and literary irony is described, and the concept is used in an analysis of Webern's orchestration of Bach's Ricercare a 6. The author's composition BARK for two pianos and tape is …
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Orchestration in the Operas of Richard Wagner
… progress in the art of instrumentation since Berlioz”. The aim of the dissertation is to achieve a better understanding of both the importance of orchestration in Wagner’s output and the significance of Wagner within the development of orchestration. The singular ontological position of …
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Beyond Prima Donna: Pauline Viardot’s Collaboration on Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète, Gounod’s Sapho, and Berlioz’s Arrangement of Orphée
… Charles Gounod’s Sapho (1851), and Hector Berlioz’s revision of Gluck’s Orphée (1859). Through her salon and collaboration with composers, Viardot shaped the careers of others, contributing in a broader sense to the trajectory of French music of the nineteenth century. This thesis uses …
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The woman singer and her song in French and German prose fiction (circa 1790-1848)
… imagery, male authors like Hoffmann, Balzac and Berlioz implicitly criticized the idealism associated with both music and woman and looked for narrative ways to portray the woman singer as an artist who maintains autonomy and integrity. My conclusion emphasizes that through their unique treatment …
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Jean-Georges Kastner's Traité general d'instrumentation: A Translation and Commentary
… because of its chronological proximity to Berlioz's Grand traité d'instrumentation (1843). Kastner's complete and concise treatise discusses the standard orchestral instruments and several obscure and ancient instruments. Intended principally for young composers, it provides the most …