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SCHUBERT AND HIS ILLUSTRIOUS REPETITIVE NATURE
(2021-08-16)Schubert’s music is renowned for its repetitive nature; many critics like Dr. Joshua Drake think this is a negative trait of his compositions. When speaking on Schubert’s strengths and weaknesses, Dr. Drake states, “Haydn's ... -
“Shame! Fury! Grief!”: Mozart’s “Hysterical” Arias
(2019-05-13)Many music scholars have used the term “hysterical” to describe opera characters and arias. However, there are significant inconsistencies among the ways in which researchers deploy the term. In this thesis, the term ... -
SHOSTAKOVICH’S STRING QUARTET NO.15 IN E-FLAT MINOR, OP.144: HOW AN IC1 THREAD CONNECTS THE NARRATIVE TO THE MUSIC
(2021-05-07)There has been ample increase in music-theoretical analysis in Shostakovich’s late works, yet there has been one composition that has comparatively evaded this attention. String Quartet no.15 in E-flat minor, op.144 has ... -
“STYLE WITHIN STYLE”: CHOPIN’S USE OF SMALLER-FORM STYLES USED IN HIS SONATA-FORM WORKS
(2021-05-09)Frédéric Chopin is widely renowned for his standalone piano works, namely his nocturnes, mazurkas, and polonaises. Many contend Chopin was better suited for salon music and should not have attempted sonata-form pieces for ... -
TCHAIKOVSKY: SONATA-FORM STYLE AND TENDENCIES
(2020-12-07)William Caplin’s Formal-Function Theory and James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy’s Sonata Theory were designed to analyze the tendencies of sonata forms written during the eighteenth century, particularly in the works of Haydn, ... -
The Journey of a Hero: Musical Evocations of the Hero’s Experience in The Legend of Zelda
(2019-05-17)The research in this study explores concepts in the music from select games in The Legend of Zelda franchise. The paper utilizes topic theory and Schenkerian analysis to form connections between concepts such as adventure ... -
The Metaphorical Inevitability of Death as Seen in Three Settings of Goethe's Der Erlkönig
(2023-05-10)Goethe’s Der Erlkönig, published in 1791, laid the foundation for many musical settings of its text. The three that will be discussed in this thesis are by Franz Schubert (1815), Carl Loewe (1824), and Emilie Mayer (1870). ...