abstract: Compared to sacred choral music of the great Spanish composers of the Renaissance, church music of later Spanish composers is relatively ignored, despite the fact that many left behind a significant body of works worthy of scholarly investigation and performance. In fact, there is a paucity of information on eighteenth-century church music in Spain - music history books generally treat the subject in the briefest way. To correct this situation, scholars must delve into the large caches of unpublished works from this period, which lie dormant in the archives of religious institutions. Even contextualizing these works is difficult, because so much remains to be unearthed. To help fill the lacuna of knowledge about this repertoire, I will shed light on the music of maestro de capilla José Gil Pérez (1715-1762), who was active at the cathedral of Segorbe, Spain from 1745 until his death in 1762, by presenting an edition of one of his vespers services. This service is comprised of a magnificat and three psalms (nos. 116, 122, and 147). These works, transcribed from the composer's autograph housed in the Segorbe cathedral, and written for SAT/SATB chorus and organ, will serve as a valuable contribution to the body of knowledge concerning choral music of the Spanish late Baroque. It will be seen that despite Gil Pérez's innovative use of "theatrical" instruments in the Segorbe cathedral and "Italianisms" in his villancicos, his compositional style in Latin works was largely conservative, in keeping with the practice of most maestros in Spain at this time. In fact his oeuvre demonstrates varying influences, largely dependent upon the genre. To contextualize this composer and his works, I will provide background information regarding music in the Segorbe cathedral during the century in question, including trends and influences, as well as information on Gil Pérez himself. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2013

Esta pesquisa busca investigar o sujeito cantante, tecendo reflexões sobre o canto coral em uma abordagem psicanalítica. Para tanto, foram estudados alguns aspectos da música, da educação musical, do canto coral e da Psicanálise, relacionando as áreas e suas possíveis articulações. Após um breve levantamento conceitual e bibliográfico, foi escolhido o Coral Universidade de São Paulo (CoralUSP) para a pesquisa de campo, do qual, foram entrevistados cinco de seus regentes e três cantores. Essa pesquisa abriu reflexões sobre o canto coral por um viés psicanalítico, depois de acompanhar ensaios de dois dos doze grupos que constituem o CoralUSP e de abrir a discussão sobre a educação musical atual, mediante entrevista com uma educadora musical que atua pela via do canto coral. Os motivos que originaram o projeto desta dissertação remetem à promulgação da Lei Federal nº 11.769/08, que institui a obrigatoriedade do ensino de música nas escolas, embora não em caráter exclusivo. Essa nova legislação reacendeu algumas reflexões: por que a música é importante para a formação do sujeito? De que maneira ela pode ser trabalhada? Como o canto coral pode se articular às novas práticas? De que forma o canto se inscreve no sujeito? E, por fim, quem é o sujeito que canta? A discussão deste estudo é voltada tanto para coralistas ou ex-coralistas que compreendem a importância do canto coral em sua formação, mas que gostariam de se aprofundar nessa investigação sob um enfoque psicanalítico, quanto para educadores (formais, informais, polivalentes ou de formação musical específica), a fim de que percebam o impacto das influências musicais e, mais precisamente, corais no campo da educação e da constituição do sujeito. Pedagoga, coralista de longa data e atual professora de canto coral, motivada pela musicalização da escola e seus impactos, esta autora estabeleceu o compromisso com sua dissertação e com a pesquisa educacional, aceitando o desafio de uma leitura psicanalítica da educação musical por meio do canto coral. Em suma, o que se pretende com esse estudo é investigar as marcas deixadas pela voz, pelo canto coral, na formação do sujeito cantante, o que está menos ligado a métodos do que às paixões que movem o desejo e que constitui um novo semblante para o sujeito psicanalítico. / This research aims to investigate the singing subject, weaving thoughts on choral singing in a psychoanalytic approach. For this, some aspects of music, musical education, choral singing and psychoanalysis were studied by relating the areas and their possible connections. After a brief conceptual and bibliographical survey, the University of São Paulo Choir (CoralUSP) was chosen for the field research, from which five of its regents and three singers were interviewed. This research opened reflections on choral singing by a psychoanalytical view, after accompanying rehearsals from two of the twelve groups that constitute the CoralUSP and opening discussion about the current musical education, during an interview with a music educator who operates by means of choral singing. The reasons that led to the project of this dissertation refer to the enactment of Federal Law No. 11,769/08, establishing the compulsory teaching of music in schools, although not on an exclusive basis. This new legislation has rekindled some thoughts: why music is important to the formation of the subject? How can it be worked on? How the choir can be linked to new practices? How the song fits the subject? And finally, who is the subject who sings? The discussion of this study is turned for both choristers or former choristers who understand the importance of choral singing in their training, but would like to go deeper in this research under a psychoanalytic approach, as for educators (formal, informal, polyvalent or from specific musical training) in order to realize the impact of musical influences - and, more precisely, choral - in the field of education and formation of the subject. Pedagogue, longtime choir member and current teacher of choral singing, motivated by school musicalization and its impacts, this author established the commitment to her dissertation and to educational research, accepting the challenge of a psychoanalytic reading of musical education through choral singing. In short, the intention with this study is to investigate the \"marks\" left by voice, by choral singing, in the formation of the singing subject, which is less connected to methods than to passions that move the desire and which constitutes a new semblant to the psychoanalytic subject.

Este trabalho apresenta uma tradução, seguida de comentários, das seis odes de Baquílides que chegaram aos dias atuais agrupadas sob o rótulo de ditirambos, embora essa classificação seja hoje objeto de debate. O estudo dos poemas tem como foco a sua linguagem, sobretudo a abundante ocorrência de epítetos que nela se nota, traço já reconhecidamente característico na obra de Baquílides. Procura-se por meio da observação detalhada de tais termos delinear traços peculiares do estilo do poeta, os quais contribuem para conferir, no mínimo, unidade estilística a um corpus díspar do ponto de vista da estrutura de cada ode. A partir do mesmo processo, pretende-se ainda analisar o modo como os epítetos em Baquílides dialogam com aqueles das demais tradições poéticas gregas, principalmente os da épica homérica. São considerados, enfim, também como ponto de contato com as tradições aparentemente privilegiadas pelo poeta, o tratamento que ele dispensa aos mitos gregos e as escolhas por ele feitas nesse sentido, questões que podem colaborar para nossa compreensão do gênero poético ao qual seus supostos ditirambos pertencem, a mélica coral grega. / This work presents a translation, followed by comments, from the six odes of Bacchylides which survived under the label of dithyrambs, although this classification is nowadays a disputed issue. The study of the poems focuses on their language, especially on the abundant occurrence of epithets that can be noted, a characteristic feature usually recognized in the work of Bacchylides. Through a detailed observation of such terms, we aim at outlining peculiar traces of the poet\'s style, which contribute to give, at least, a stylistic unity to a diverse corpus regarding the structure of each ode. Using the same process, we intend also to examine how the epithets in Bacchylides dialogue with the ones from other Greek poetic traditions, especially the ones from Homeric epic. We take under consideration, finally, as a point of contact with the traditions apparently privileged by the poet, the way he treats Greek myths and the choices he makes in this regard, things that may help our understanding of the poetic genre to which his alleged dithyrambs belong, the Greek choral melic.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the choral works of Colin Brumby, with a special focus on the musical-textual relationships of selected works from his body of choral compositions, which number more than one hundred and twenty. This investigation includes information gathered in Australia at the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland, and the Australian Music Centre, as well as information furnished in a personal interview with the composer in Brisbane, Australia, in June 1994, in addition to an August 1994 telephone interview cnducted with Thomas Shapcott, the Australian poet with whom Brumby collaberated on over twenty choral compositions.

This study deals with African neo-traditional choral music of sub-Saharan- and Southern Africa, with specific reference to extemporisation. The research focussed on the evolution of this music through an amalgamation of western choral music and African indigenous and traditional musical practices of sub- Saharan and Southern Africa. Specific reference to the syncretism of western music, which came to Africa through colonisation, and the way African indigenous musical traditions influenced it, is preceded by descriptions on African indigenous musical practices and western choral music traditions. The incorporation of traditional folk songs into African makwaya, or “choir music”, was inevitable. This development saw the birth of African neotraditional choral music as a formal part of many choirs’ programmes. A description of five sample choirs engaging with this music was followed by a case study on the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir. The way these choirs deal with different aspects regarding the preparation and performance of this music highlighted many parallels with African indigenous traditions. It also emphasises the important role of this music in choral performance, as well as choral education. As a genre in evolution, one aspect of this music, namely extemporisation, was studied in more detail in order to suggest another way of engaging with this music. Not only is choral extemporisation a possibility in African neo-traditional choral music of Southern Africa, but it is also a flourishing art form in Scandinavia. In Norway and Sweden it also utilises characteristics and techniques of folk music, which raised the status of this music to be a major art form. This notion prompted the suggested application of choral extemporisation to African neo-traditional choral music of Southern Africa. Even if any method of extemporisation may be utilised, it is proposed that characteristics of African sub- Saharan- and Southern African indigenous music be applied. This may result in the incorporation of more of these African indigenous elements in the neo-traditional choral music discussed than the current western harmonic emphasis. However, the suggestion is seen as a next step in the evolution of this music, which corresponds with international practices, and not to return to indigenous practices as such.

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abstract: In this study, I sought to learn how members of college women’s choirs feel about their choir and women’s choirs in general. Singers from 19 institutions in the American Choral Directors Association Southern division participated. From the potential survey population (n=986), 302 respondents participated (response rate = 28%). These research questions guided this study: 1. How do current members of college women’s choirs feel their choir is perceived compared to other types of choirs at their college or university and in their community? 2. How do current members of college women’s choirs feel about singing in this group? About women’s choirs in general? A researcher-developed survey instrument was used to gather demographic information and other data related to the research questions. After a pilot study, the survey was edited for clarity. The director of choral activities and the director of the women’s choir at each institution was contacted via email. The schools that agreed to participate received the link to the survey and an email script to send to students. Two weeks later, a follow-up email was sent with the same materials. Two weeks after that, the survey window closed. The data were collected and analyzed for frequency and percentage. While analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests found no significant differences, the analysis of some of the independent variables, especially those having to do with the age and experience of the singers, were highly suggestive. In this study, women’s choir members responded positively to statements about the value of their choir within their institutions and communities. While respondents often indicate that women’s choirs are seen as inferior to mixed choirs, they nevertheless enjoy the repertoire they sing and like being challenged. Respondents answered affirmatively in Likert-scale questions about their women’s choirs and women’s choirs in general, but answered more critically in open-ended response questions about the same topics. The survey results echo the findings of earlier studies, amplified by the choir members’ own opinions. The data in this study offer clear means to ensure that all students in all choirs are proud of their work and feel equally valued. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2020

Haiku Seasons is a choral work that uses several haiku to portray moments in nature. Spread throughout the performance space, four choirs (SATB, 3/part) depict larger parts of the pastoral scene (i.e., mountains, the moon, etc.). Soloists depart from the choirs in order to perform solo, duo, trio, and quartet passages, which take place throughout the work. If enough singers are available, individual soloists may be used. The soloist groups display the more intimate moments of the scenes (i.e., sparrows, a blade of grass, etc.). The intent of Haiku Seasons is to create an image of nature isolated from human interaction. Thus, the image is a pastoral setting with many independent parts all coexisting in a relatively silent world. I combine aspects of tonality, time, space, and silence to create this image.

<p>Problem i predmet istraživanja ove doktorske disertacije jeste delatnost i uticaj<br />slovačke horske kulture na razvoj i &scaron;irenje interkulturalnosti u Vojvodini. Putem analize<br />života slovačke nacionalne zajednice, njihove migracije i istorijskog razvoja sagledava se<br />povezanost pevanja sa njihovim životom. Disertacija se bavi analizom celokupnog razvoja<br />vokalnog izvođenja od slovačke narodne pesme do horske kulture vojvođanskih Slovaka<br />putem analize rezultata dosada&scaron;njih istraživanja ali i pregledom delatnosti slovačkih horova, sa naglaskom na Vojvodinu. Putem istorijskog razvoja horskog pevanja Slovaka u Vojvodini prati se osnivanje pevačkih dru&scaron;tava i horova u slovačkim sredinama, ali i njihovo trenutno stanje. Obostrani uticaj sredine i slovačkih horova u Vojvodini pruža mogućnost razmatranja problema multikulturalnosti i opredeljivanja za koncepciju interkulturalnosti. Detaljno je izrađena analizira delatnosti Kamernog hora Zvony, putem proučavanja članstva, repertoara, nastupa preko primera iz prakse ovog ansambla, ali i Udruženih horova &bdquo;Zvony&ldquo; i &bdquo;Neven&ldquo;. Dolazi se do zaključka da delatnost slovačkih horova u Vojvodini ima interkulturni karakter koji se ogleda u kulturnim kontaktima, razmeni kulturnih sadržaja (horske muzike), ekumenskom delovanju i specifičnom vidu dobrovoljnog rada.</p> / <p>The issue and the subject of research this Ph. D thesis are activities and influences of Slovakian choral culture on the development and spreading of multiculturalism in Vojvodina. With a help of analysis of Slovakian national community, their life, migration and historical development , you can see connection between singing and their way of life. This thesis also deals with analysis their vocal performance development, starting from Slovakian folk song and ending with choral culture of Slovaks in Vojvodina, using the research analysis and also activities review of Slovak choirs in Vojvodina. Trough the historical development of their choral singing in Vojvodina, the foundation of Slovakian singing associations and their present status was followed. Mutual influence between living space and Slovakian choirs in Vojvodina , gives the possibility for discussion about multicultural problems and also choice of intercultural concept. The analysis of activities, member status, repertoire, performances<br />(based on practice) of Chamber choir Zvony was detail conducted, but also the activities Joined choirs &#39;&#39;Zvony&#39;&#39; and &#39;&#39;Neven&#39;&#39;. As a conclusion, I can say that activities of Slovakian choirs in Vojvodina has intercultural character which is based on cultural contacts, exchange of cultural contents (choral music), ecumenical activities and also on specific volunteering.</p>

The Germans who immigrated to Texas in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s brought with them many and varied cultural institutions which they had known and enjoyed in Europe. As soon as the initial hardships of the frontier could be overcome, they eagerly established singing societies in the Lidertafel tradition. These organizations were to have a profound impact on music in Texas from about 1850 to the time of World War I.