Inaug.-Diss.--Berlin. / Lebenslauf. "Literatur": p. 71-72.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, 2005. / Includes abstract. Also available via the World Wide Web. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Boston University. PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-01

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University / The cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) represent the culmination of more than a century of Italian secular cantata composition. Although overshadowed by the immense popularity of the Neapolitan opera, the cantata served as the ideal medium for the experimentation with and the perfection of new musical techniques. Thus, while Scarlatti himself was far better known for his operas, his numerous cantatas are historically of more special musical significance. Although Scarlatti's cantatas are distinguished by their beauty and craftsmanship, only a very few have been edited in modern published editions. This is despite the fact that almost eight hundred of Scarlatti's cantatas are known to exist in manuscript form. These have been exhaustively indexed by Edwin Hanley in an unpublished Yale University dissertation, "Alessandro Scarlatti's Cantate da Camera: A Bibliographic Study" (1963). However, the forthcoming complete edition of them lies years in the future. [TRUNCATED]

The Chorale Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach are outstanding examples of his ingenuity. The existing data on the Chorale Cantatas are distributed throughout numerous volumes by many scholars. They have written much about the cantatas in general but not so much specifically about the chorales in them. In this thesis, the emphasis is on the chorales and Bach's treatment of them in the Chorale Cantatas. An historical approach to the cantata and the chorale is given as a preliminary to the treatment of the chorale in the chorale cantata. This was done that the reader might have a better understanding of them. The necessary material for this thesis was gathered from dictionaries, music lexicons, books, articles and the music principally in the Bach-gesellschaft edition. The material is organized according to the following plan: 1. The Church Cantata and its origin; the development of the Church Cantata in Germany; the use of the cantata in the worship service. 2. The Chorale, its origin and development; its changes as a result of the Reformation; its use in church services, and its use in musical composition. 3. Bach's treatment of the Chorale in musical forms. 4. Bach's treatment of the words of the Chorales in the Chorale Cantatas.

The present investigation deals with the cantatas of Dietrich Buxtehude written for three voice parts with instrumental accompaniment. An examination of the various musical forms which Buxtehude employed in these cantatas will comprise one of the two areas in this study. The other area shall be concerned with Buxtehude's usage of word painting (i.e., musical portrayal of word meanings). Before entering an investigation of Buxtehude's music, his life and background should be considered.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 2722. Adviser: John Walter Hill. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-193) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The Great Commission is a sacred cantata written for mixed chorus, soprano, messo soprano, tenor, and bass soloists, and symphony orchestra. The main text, St. Mark xvi. 15-18, determines the general plan. It is composed in six parts with a finale. Part I contains the command of Jesus, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel." Parts II to VI are each made up of, (1) an introduction with the pronouncement of one of the signs which would follow, and, (2) a musical setting of a biblical text which is a fulfilment. Part I begins with a processional type introduction in g minor for full orchestra and marked Moderato maestoso. It is formed of irregular length phrases punctuated by short rests and introduces the entrance of the chorus, singing in unison, "Jesus came...and spoke", with the sopranos beginning on a high G. [TRUNCATED]

Orientador: Helena Jank / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T14:50:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Justi_KatiaReginaKato_M.pdf: 5248099 bytes, checksum: 458f3d47310142d1aeb11b9ad58cbc71 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Este trabalho propõe a investigação, do ponto de vista da retórica, da utilização do oboé, oboé d?Amore e oboé da Caccia, nas árias sacras das cantatas de Johann Sebastian Bach. Para tanto, iniciamos nossos estudos a partir do Movimento da Reforma Protestante, suas origens e fundamentos e sua grande influência na música. Procuramos fazer, nos diversos períodos da vida de Bach, um levantamento de todas as árias compostas para oboé, com especial ênfase nas árias compostas para um instrumento obbligato. Avaliamos também a grande importância das doutrinas da Musica Poetica e da retórica na vida e no pensamento musical alemão e como essas doutrinas influenciaram as composições de Bach. Finalmente buscamos traçar relações entre os aspectos retórico-musicais e a utilização do oboé obbligato nas árias sacras com os afetos da confiança e do temor / Abstract: This work aims at investigating, from a rhetoric point of view, the use of the oboe, oboe d'Amore and oboe da Caccia in the sacred arias of Johann Sebastian Bach cantatas. For this, we started our study from the Protestant Reform Movement, its origins and bases and its great influence in the music. Treating the different periods of Bach's life, we tried to gather all of his arias composed for the oboe, with special emphasis in the arias composed for an obbligato instrument. We also evaluated the great importance of the doctrines of Musica Poetica and of life rhetorics to the musical German thought. We also evaluated how these doctrines influenced Bach's compositions. Finally, we tried to trace the relationships between the rethorical musical aspects and the use of the obbligato oboe in the sacred arias with the affects of trust and fear / Mestrado / Mestre em Música

The special relationship of patrons, librettists, and composers, in the Accademia degli'Arcadia in Rome from 1700-1710 appears in Alessandro Scarlatti's settings of Antonio Ottoboni's cantata librettos in the anthology GB Lbm. Add. 34056. An examination of Arcadian cantatas and their texts reveals the nature of their audience, function, and their place within the historical development of the genre. The conversazione cantata did not exist outside of Rome and was popular for only a brief period in the early eighteenth century. Critical examination of primary sources, including minutes from the Arcadian Academy meetings as well as household documents regarding the Cardinals Ottoboni and Pamphili, Prince Ruspoli, and other noble families, sheds light on the culture of the Arcadian Academy and the cantata within it, broader study clarifies the individuality of the conversazione cantata within Rome, and closer study of the contribution of the greatest cantata composer 1700-1710, Alessandro Scarlatti.