Theses - Music
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Accentual counterpoint and metrical narrative in the music of Brahms
(2018-10-20)This thesis introduces a web of concepts to analyse Brahmsian metre and move toward a more nuanced understanding of metrical expression and narrative in his music. Recent analytical studies of metre in common-practice ... -
"Trash Music": Valuing Nineteenth-century Italian Opera Fantasias for Woodwinds
(2018-10-20)Opera fantasias have been denigrated as insufficiently intellectual or serious, as derivative, as merely popular or sentimental. However, many of the perceived flaws were, if not hallmarks, at least accepted realities of ... -
Creative Performer Agency in the Collaborative Compositional Process
(2018-10-20)The early-twentieth-century culture in western art music of idolizing the composer as the autonomous creative genius has been challenged by recent developments across musicology and creativity research literature. The ...
