Abstract
The English partsong originated in the early nineteenth century with the increasing demand for amateur choral activities. Later on, through the promotion of ¡§Renaissance¡¨ in the romantic period, the English partsongs continued to develop to maturity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Elgar is an important English partsong composer. His early English partsongs, from 1890 to 1900, display a great partnership between text and music. The literature he chose shows his sophisticated and witty mind. The music is very close to the text in character. Elgar uses flowing lyric melodies, chromatic harmonic color, varied musical treatment in different sections of the poetry, and great rhythm to illustrate the text.
This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is the introduction. The second chapter includes four parts. Part one describes the background of ¡§Renaissance¡¨ of the late nineteenth century in England. Part two is the chronological discussion of three music styles of English partsongs. Part three introduces the background and major works of Elgar. Part four expounds on three styles of Elgar¡¦s partsongs according to his composing skill. The third chapter analyzes four pieces of Elgar¡¦s early partsongs. The fourth chapter presents proposals for the interpretation of the early partsongs of Elgar, which focus on tone quality, tempo and rhythm, dynamics and texture, and conducting gesture. The fifth chapter draws conclusions from the study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0722102-102629 |
| Date | 22 July 2002 |
| Creators | Lin, Yi-Hua |
| Contributors | Chia-Fen Weng, none, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0722102-102629 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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