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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Song Cycle"”.
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Der Struwwelpeter: a song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble
Der Struwwelpeter: A Song Cycle for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble, sets seven of the stories from the iconic, mid-19th century children's story by Heinrich Hoffmann. The text set is from a widely published, anonymous English translation, dating contemporaneously to the original work. Chief among the …
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Characteristics of Style in the Song Cycle Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
… to have value. Through the performance of the song cycle this writer has come to appreciate and recognize that an understanding of French and the style characteristics of this composer are necessary for an artistic rendition.</p>
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Timbre and tone-painting in the orchestration of a song cycle
… piano is presented as an independent work, the song cycle for soprano and piano, Songs of Light and Loss, on five poems from Fiona Zerbst's “In Praise of Hotel Rooms,” was subsequently orchestrated as part of the creative project, together with an explication of the considerations which …
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Gitanjali : a study of the song cycle by Rabindranath Tagore and John Alden Carpenter
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Gitanjali : a study of the song cycle by Rabindranath Tagore and John Alden Carpenter
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Die stil avontuur an evaluation of Hendrik Hofmeyr's song-cycle with an emphasis on the poetry of Elisabeth Eybers
… most comfortable. Of these works, the Afrikaans song is the most predominant genre which spans his entire compositional career. However, only one cycle, Alleenstryd, has been the subject of extensive academic evaluation (Roos, 2000; May, 2003; Cupido, 2010). For the purposes of this dissertation, …
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An Investigation of the Traditional Cante Jondo as the Inspiration for the Song Cycle Five Poems of Garcia Lorca by Elisenda Fabregas
The traditional cante jondo is a song unique to Andalusia as it developed from the "mosaic" of cultures that have inhabited its borders, including Arabs, Jews and Gypsies. The genre expresses the history of the region, reveals the typography of the landscape and cries the tears of its people. "Deep …
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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
… and emotional experience in contemporary art song. Consequently, the relationship between five-tone philosophy, compositional organization, and the experience of singing remains insufficiently explored. This study investigates Yangfan Xu’s song cycle Songs and Poems from Shijing (2026) through …
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Nature ternua nature
The composition for my D.M.A. document is a song-cycle featuring the poetry of Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, and e.e. cummings. The four poems share the common theme of nature. The selected poems are 'South Winds Jostle Them', 'The Murmuring of Bees' (both by Dickinson), 'Pastoral' …
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Ben Moore's "Dear Theo," For Tenor Voice and Piano: A Performer's Guide
… serves as a performer’s guide to Moore’s song cycle Dear Theo. The song cycle utilizes Moore’s own text adaptations of letters written by Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo. Chapter 1 presents a biographical sketch of Vincent van Gogh and his path to becoming a painter. Chapter 2 …
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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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Modeste Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death (A Performer's Guide)
<p>MODESTE MUSSORGSKY'S SONGS AND DANCES OF DEATH</p> <p>[A Performer's Guide]</p> <p>Peter Alan Barton</p> <p>Modeste Petrovich Mussorgsky, one of the Russian composers known as the "Mighty Handful," was an innovator of Russian music. Mussorgsky is widely recognized for the genius of his opera …
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Colores Mexicanos: The Mexican Art Song and Setting Mexican Texts to Music
… 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 Western art …
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Interpreting Richard Strauss's Der Krämerspiegel from the perspectives of the performers and the audience.
… document is to examine Richard Strauss's 1918 song cycle Der Krämerspiegel in order to discern compositional intent and to address problems performers may face in communicating the work to a contemporary audience. Examining the existing literature, it is never clearly stated why Strauss …
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A performance guide to Leonard Lehrman's A Light in the Darkness
… This document presents Leonard Lehrman’s song cycle, A Light in the Darkness (White-Sailed Boat Upon the Ocean, Ne plus ultra, Reflection, Bitter Complaint, Legacy and Perpetual Reminder: Mauthausen, and A Brown Wolf: Arturo Ui). This document includes biographical information about the …
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Visions Infernales: Characteristics of Style and Interpretation
… by the French composer Henri Sauguet is a song cycle for the bass voice with piano accompaniment set to a text by the twentieth-century poet, }fax Jacob. This composition, published in France in 1950, is contemporary in style with considerable dissonance, and therefore is probably not well …
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A Critical Analysis of “On Wenlock Edge” by Ralph Vaughan Williams
… as possible, with the sources at hand, the song cycle, "On Wenlock Edge," by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The study will include a brief summary of the life of Vaughan Williams, pertinent statements about his music, a general analysis of the entire composition and a detailed analysis of two songs …
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I Shall But Love Thee Better After Death: A Rediscovery of Eleanor Everest Freer’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, Op. 22 (1910)
… focuses on Freer’s magnum opus: a forty-four song cycle Sonnets from the Portuguese (1910). Freer is still the only composer to have ever set and published all forty-four poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s masterwork of English poetics, yet this work remains mostly unknown. The initial …
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Jose Rolon: a study of his life and music
… works, such as the Piano Concerto (1935), the song cycle Dibuios sobre as Puerto (1936), and his two Estudios for piano (1935). It includes a catalogue of the composer's works and writings and in the last chapter, an account of his style, aesthetic position and place within Mexico's musical …
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