A Study of Edwin London's Music for Women's Chorus

Eight pieces for women's chorus are analyzed and discussed. One other, a setting of Psalm 23, is not treated as it is a movement of a larger work involving men's voices. Pieces treated are: Five Haiku, 1962; A Washington Miscellany, 1963; Osanna, 1965; Four Proverbs, 1968; Dream Thing on Biblical Episodes, 1970; Better Is, 1970; Psalm of These Days I, 1977; and Praising Thy Worth, 1979. The pieces are considered in chronological order. Five topic headings are used in the analysis of each. They are: (1) Form and Thematic Material; (2) Tonal Material and Texture; (3) Scoring and Tessitura; (4) Tempo and Dynamics; and (5) Meter and Rhythm. Other organizational tools are employed according to the structure and demands of each piece, particularly in the instance of serial, lengthy or multiple movement pieces. Twenty tables and 145 musical examples illustrate the text.

Name thesis:degree_name

D.M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Mcgahan, Christopher Dan

• Music

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8324605

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70824