Abstract
dc:description.abstractFlorence Price is commonly described as a late-Romantic composer. This dissertation seeks to reposition her as a modernist through the lens of imposed simplicity. Imposed simplicity is a term Aaron Copland used to describe many of his own works composed in the 1930s and 1940s. Using the framework created by Dr. Stanley Kleppinger and Lawrence Starr to describe Copland’s aesthetics, iconic works by Copland and Virgil Thomson are analyzed to quantify these aesthetics, which can then be applied to the analysis of Price's pieces. Price’s Sonata in E Minor for piano (1932) contains many of these qualities and precedes the earliest examples of both Copland and Thomson, making her a pioneer of this modernist style. Furthermore, this document also contributes a brief guide for arranging Price’s pieces for bassoon and wind quartet. This document was prepared in conjunction with a lecture recital.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- D.M.A.
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Music
- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Kansas
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2026
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Frith, David Lucas
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Samson, Midori
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- https://www.proquest.com/LegacyDocView/DISSNUM/32703664
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/39552