Thymiaterium Musicale (1625) by Andreas Rauch

Andreas Rauch's first major collection of printed music, the Thymiaterium Musicale (1625) contains twenty-five motets scored for from four to eight voices with basso continuo. This collection of motets has never been transcribed and printed in an edition accessible to modern performance. The primary focus of this thesis was the transcription of the nine double-choir motets that conclude the collection. In addition to providing modern editions that allow this music to be performed and studied, the author examines Rauch's compositional process, discussing his treatment of text, melody, harmony and form. There is an in-depth discussion of the three most significant works--- Wie schon leucht uns der Morgenstern, a macaronic setting of the Magnificat and a setting of the penitential psalm, Miserere mei Deus. The first is a hymn-based motet, in which Rauch provides contrasting settings of all seven verses of Nicolai's well-known Epiphany hymn. The bitextuality of the Magnificat (alternately Latin and German texts) may represent Rauch's attempt to provide settings of the odd and even-numbered verses in as a kind of combinative Alternatimpraxis in which the German verses are a simple harmonization of the chorale melody, while the Latin settings are more freely conceived. The transcription of all nine motets is preceded by a set of Critical Notes that discuss the important performance practice information of each motet.

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

2015

Author dc:creator

• Solya, Andrea

Contributors dc:contributor

• Alwes, Chester

• Music

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3411455

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85826