Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Leyla and Mejnun for string quartet relates a classical Middle Eastern love story. A young poet named Qays Ibn Al-Mulawwah fell in love with his cousin Leyla. He went mad when her father prevented him from marrying her. The music consists of four interwoven movements. The Prelude is based on a motif in F# played by the first violin, then by the second violin on Bb, and finally by the viola and cello altogether, respectively in D and Ab. It ends with a final restatement of the motif on the second violin with pizzicato on the three other instruments. The Prelude is followed by a dramatic transition that leads to the Love Theme which is treated as a theme and variations. The third movement is a Scherzo based on a Middle Eastern dance called Dabke. It ends with an Epilogue whose materials stem from the Prelude.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.M.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Music
- Year
- 2008
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Baaklini, Roula
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Sieg, Jerry
- Williams, Robin H.
- Hammann, James
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/831
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1670