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51	A Survey of 21st Century Gay-Themed American Art Songs for Baritone Cardwell, Robert Ewell 05 1900 (has links) The majority of repertoire catalogs for singers, printed and digital, often list works by voice type, language, and/or genre. The 21st century has seen an emergence of online classical music catalogs where the user can seek repertoire by searching composers from underrepresented communities (i.e., women, Black, LGBTQ, Latinx). What does not currently exist is a resource that catalogs songs for solo voice dealing specifically with gay subject matter. This dissertation surveys seventeen 21st century gay-themed art songs by four living American composers: David Del Tredici, Ben Moore, Clint Borzoni, and Gary Schocker. Each chapter introduces a different composer and a select representation of their gay-themed art songs. Each entry includes text analysis based on the composer's and author's intentions and a brief analysis to determine pedagogical and musical difficulty. It is my intent that this document will facilitate a much-needed resource and encourage further study, promotion, and performance of voice works with gay themes. Moreover, I hope that it will serve as a tool for the applied voice teacher to assist in the vocal and artistic development of their students through broader repertoire choices. voice gay song vocal vocal repertoire music gay art song American art song gay song cycles American song cycles baritone voice gay opera Gays -- Songs and music. Songs -- Analysis, appreciation. Academic theses song cycle gay themed songs
52	"Pieces of 9/11: Memories from Houston" by Jake Heggie: A Performance Guide Liston, Julie 08 1900 (has links) Jack Heggie's 2011 song cycle Pieces of 9/11: Memories from Houston is a collection of six songs with texts by Gene Scheer. Commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, it was premiered on September 11, 2011 at the Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX. Based on interviews with people from Houston by Gene Scheer, this cycle tells stories and experiences by those affected by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Washington DC, and those aboard United Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Scheer's acclaimed storytelling in each song is beautifully set to varying styles of music composed by Heggie, with the familiar theme from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 woven throughout the cycle. This document is an in-depth look at the cycle to be used by vocal coaches and singers in their preparation and performance. The first introductory chapter is followed by a chapter detailing the song cycle from concept to fruition. The third chapter concentrates on the uses of Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007. The fourth chapter discusses the six individual songs first by discussing the background of each text, then an analysis of the music, and concluding with the relevance to 9/11. Chapter 5 includes performance notes, gathered from interviews with Heggie, Scheer, and one of the girl sopranos, Ashley Traughber. Appendices include a timeline of events on 9/11, the three interviews, a chronology of Jake Heggie's vocal works to date, and the author's personal 9/11 story as I was just a few blocks away from the World Trade Center on 9/11. 9/11 September 11, 2001 Heggie Jake Heggie song cycle performance guide Bach cello suite Heggie, Jake, 1961- Pieces of 9/11. Song cycles -- Analysis, appreciation. Academic theses
53	María Teresa Prieto's "Seis Melodías": An Analysis of Its Historical Background and Text-Music Relationship Monsalve Mejía, Juana 12 1900 (has links) Spanish composer María Teresa Prieto (1895-1982) belongs to a group of Spanish exiles who left their country for Mexico as a result of the Spanish Civil War. She arrived in Mexico in 1936 and developed her compositional career in there. Her first composition after her arrival in the new country was the song cycle Seis Melodías, a work that includes six songs with poetry by Ricardo de Alcázar, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Federico García Lorca, and María Teresa Prieto herself. This document analyzes each one of the songs, both musically and poetically, as well as the relationship between music and text. Seis Melodías' structural organization as a cycle is very particular, since Prieto organized the cycle in pairs—namely I and II, III and IV, and V and VI—each group with strong poetic and thematic unity. The songs belonging to this cycle, present the duality of being independent and dependent at the same time, given that each song stands by itself, but together they create a meta-narrative that progresses from hope to desolation, not as a political statement, but as a homage to, as well as a lament, for the Spanish land and freedom. The cyclical nature of this work is accomplished by Prieto through motivic unity, a clear harmonic plan, and poetic relationships between the songs. María Teresa Prieto Spanish Civil War Spanish art song Latin American art song Text-music relationship text and music music and text Seis Melodías song cycle Prieto, María Teresa. Melodías. Song cycles -- Analysis, appreciation. Songs -- Texts. Song cycles -- Texts. Songs, Spanish. Academic theses
54	True Loves, Dark Nights: Queer Performativity and Grieving Through Music in the Work of Rufus Wainwright Salerno, Stephanie 02 November 2016 (has links) No description available. Music American Studies Gender Gender Studies Performing Arts Glbt Studies Affect Classical Art Song Concept Album Death Emotion Fan Studies Genre Grief Kate McGarrigle LGBT Live Performance Performativity Popular Music Public Mourning Queer Rhizome Rufus Wainwright Song Cycle Textual Analysis Trauma Vocality

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