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Motival Structure of Susannah, a Music Drama by Carlisle Floyd
The purpose of this study was (1) to locate and identify the various musical motives within the opera Susannah; (2) to point out the significance of each motive; (3) to examine the transformations of each motive; and (4) to demonstrate how the motive structure relates to both the visible series of …
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Exploring performance-oriented analysis through an examination of title character's two arias in Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah"
… and utilizes it to interpret the title role in Carlisle Floyd's opera, Susannah (1955). Using John Rink's model as a guide, this performance-oriented analysis reveals the relationships between the musical and textual elements within the role, and allows the performer to prioritize which …
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Susannah
… opera written and composed by American composer Carlisle Floyd in 1955. The opera is based on a story from the Biblical Apocrypha. For the live performance of this opera at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, I designed the animations that projected onto a screen which was designed and fitted as a …
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Tracing the Development of Willie Stark and Its Place in American Opera
Highly praised American composer Carlisle Floyd (b. 1925), well known for his musical dramas Susannah (1955) and Of Mice and Men (1970), wrote Willie Stark (1981), commissioned by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and later Houston Grand Opera. Floyd’s libretto and musical score was based …
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Historical and musical context of the characters in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah
This dissertation explores the characters in Carlisle Floyd’s musical drama Susannah within a historical and musical perspective. 1950s culture affected Floyd’s musical drama and this dissertation connects the cultural phenomena to musical phenomena. Each character undergoes dynamic changes that …
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A study of English-language sacred solo literature by selected twentieth-century composers
… Pinkham, Alan Hovhaness, Norman Dello Joio, and Carlisle Floyd. English art song composers include English composers who have composed sacred songs primarily for the concert stage and are recognized as significant contributors to the English art song repertory: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav …