Theses - Music
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Life, Work and the Individual Classical Performer: Maria Yudina's Artistic Practice and Imagination, 1947–70
The detailed study of individual classical performers has traditionally been restricted to the genre of music biography, one which is rich in contextualisation but light on direct engagement with the performer’s abilities ... -
Modes of Resistance: Memory, Language and Identity in the Performance of Assyrian Liturgy in Iraq and Beyond
As an ancient eastern rite, the Assyrian Church of the East liturgy and music have been the guardian of the Assyrian Christian faith, language and culture for more than a millennium. With the Church’s core activities ... -
The Creation of Parisian Organum Purum: Office Organa Dupla in the MLO Sources
This study explores how late twelfth- and early thirteenth-century musicians working in Paris created organum purum. Organum purum is a way of singing chant in two voices that involves the notes of the chant melody being ... -
Constructing Landscapes: Towards a Hybrid Tonality
(2021-11-27)This thesis consists of a portfolio of five score-based compositions and a commentary associated with each work. There are two instrumental works and three vocal works. The two instrumental works are String Quartet No. 2 ...
