Schottisches and scars: Finding the unity in music during the division of the Civil War

In this paper, I explore the role of social dance music, particularly the schottische, during the Civil War to address the issue of musical unity during cultural division. My research focused on a set of sixteen schottisches from Duke University's Historical American Sheet Music Project. I analyzed these pieces searching for the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural conventions associated with the schottische. What I found is that the conventions attached to the dance form hold true, regardless of the location of the publisher or the political ideology of the composer.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Music

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

Rice University

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Wharton, Kendra Ann

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Bailey, Walter B.

• History, United States
• Dance
• Music

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61899

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/61899