Thesis (M.A.)--University of Rochester. / Reproduced from typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-131). Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/1307

Zugl.: Diss., Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Westfalen, 2006.

Dissertation--Münster--Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 2006. / Bibliogr. p. [344]-357.

Zugl.: Münster (Westfalen), Univ., Diss., 2006

Thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Münster, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1985. / Includes bibliographical references.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Salzburg, 2003. / Bibliogr. p. 231-240.

The purpose of this study is to explore neoclassical elements present in Krenek’s George Washington Variations. By identifying the stylistic features associated with the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the study will examine Krenek’s application of his neoclassical tendencies. Key neoclassical elements include musical form and structure, key relationships, melody and harmony, and chromaticism. Since at this time there is little research on Krenek’s piano works, and none on the George Washington Variations, the result of this examination provides pianists and instructors with historically constructive information about Krenek’s musical style, as well as a deeper understanding of Krenek’s Neoclassicism in his George Washington Variations.

Ernst Krenek is noted and often criticized for the diversity of his overall output. However, one finds that his entire output is held together by a unique temperament regardless of stylistic changes. It is significant to compare the piano works to one another as the piano was the instrument he repeatedly turned to while testing new stylistic ideas. In writing about Krenek's music, Glenn Gould states eloquently and concisely that three qualities prevail in all of Krenek's mature output: the lyric, elegiac, and euphonic. These qualities are present in the early Toccata und Chaconne uber den Chorale, "Ja, ich glaub an Jesum Christum," Op. 13. It is lyrical in that melody is of utmost importance. One finds that melodic writing prevails in the other piano works as well regardless of when they were written. The elegiac also permeates the work. The Toccata and Chaconne shares with other later works this quality of seriousness, repose, and deep meaning. The Toccata and Chaconne is also euphonic. Krenek's overall style is one which does not shock or offend an audience. In a detailed comparison of the Toccata and Chaconne to later piano works, one may clearly see what Krenek specifically does musically to create this sense of the lyric, elegiac and euphonic in his overall output.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 1994. / Typescript. Includes musical score (p. 293-337): Kleine Serenade für Militärorchester (1926) by Ernst Pepping, edited by John C. Carmichael (1990). Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-391).