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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"neo-romantic"”.
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Anything Like Us
… introduction, I explore modern alternatives to Romantic and Neo-Romantic lyric expression. I conclude that a contemporary lyric that desires to be, in some fashion, about itself, must exhibit an acceptance of the mediating influences of time and language, while cultivating an inter-subjective …
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Romanticizing Leadership: A Historical and Cultural Critique
Romanticism, a cultural and intellectual ideology of the late 18th and early 19th century, left a historical legacy of ecstasy and disaster upon subsequent generations. Manifestations of neo-romanticism are evident in many areas of contemporary culture. These modern manifestations, which include an …
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Looking at dirty pictures : sur(sous)realism, fascism, and reproducing intoxication in the 1930’s
… world. The period was permeated with a neo-romantic impulse that suffused and engulfed the ragged edges of a broad and static center with religious ideals mingled with symbolic expressions of intoxication and sexuality embedded in a new concept of the body itself. As a student of art …
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The Evolution of the Literary Neo-Hasid
… maskilim set the stage for the blossoming of neo-Hasidism in Yiddish literature. The second chapter is devoted to I. L. Peretz, who appropriated the Hasidic genre and transformed it into a neo-Romantic vehicle for preserving and building national identity. Peretz inspired several generations …
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An Analysis of Selected Trombone Ensemble Music by Dr. Eric Ewazen
… none of them have thoroughly explored his homogeneous chamber music for trombone or articulated his unique method of composition. Various people with numerous backgrounds listen to, perform, conduct, and teach the music of Dr. Ewazen. Due to his unique compositional style, it is imperative that …
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Escape from the Evil Empire
… the blues and its associated colloquialisms with neo-romantic textures, and adventurous, dramatic contrasts. This one-movement work also embodies elements that I have never used. The inclusion of Scelsi mutes for strings, and the use of four percussionists are certainly non standard …
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A study of the Quintet for Piano and Strings by Richard Danielpour
… composers today. His music is often described as neo-romantic: full of grand gestures, highly accessible, brilliantly orchestrated, and rhythmically powerful and exciting. His music is based on the traditions of European classical music; however, it also combines the American vernacular of the …
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The Art Songs of Tom Cipullo
… rooted in the 20th-century continuation of Romanticism. Cipullo's choice of poetry is almost always contemporary American, embracing a full range of themes. His songs have won top awards in their field, and are well received by audiences and performers.</p> <p>Following a biography, a …
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An Approach to the Critical Evaluation of Settings of the Poetry of Walt Whitman: Lowell Liebermann's Symphony No. 2
… which he seeks to remedy with his nostalgic neo-Romantic style. Chapter One provides an introduction to Whitman's life and examination of his poetry's themes, style, and reception. Chapter Two outlines issues relevant to criticism of Whitman settings and proposes an approach to critical …
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The Good Life: Weakness in the Survival Years
… Lights the Lights in 1951, from the anarchist neo-Romantic writing of British writer Alex Comfort in the first years of the 1940s to the decade-spanning influential work of Paul Goodman. Weaving through multiple genres and critical methods, I demonstrate the persistence of an aspiration to …
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Dwelling in Contingency: Towards a Reappraisal of the Late Work of the British Photographer Raymond Moore, in Light of its Affinities with a Zen Buddhist Worldview
… as well as the nature mysticism of the British Neo Romantic movement. His mature work is minimalist, even self-effacing, and pervaded by an understated sense of humour. It is the argument of this thesis that the general perception of Moore as one of the last great 'Modernist masters' has …
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Quintet for two violins, viola, cello and piano, and string quartet no. 1 by Lazar Nikolov
… used all the successful means to incorporate neo-Romantic features and Bulgarian folk material into art music. He was perceptive enough to recognize the danger of his generation's music sounding like mere imitation of what was already there before, unless some radical changes were made. …