Joachim Raff (1822–1882), known mainly for his symphonic works, composed a significant amount of choral music, which includes seventeen choral-orchestral works, fifty part-songs, six a cappella motets, and other incidental choral music. Raff was well respected as a composer in the second half of the nineteenth century, but performances of Raff’s works declined sharply after the turn of the twentieth century. To date, no dissertations or other publications exist that discuss Raff’s contributions to the choral oeuvre. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine Joachim Raff’s life and to provide historical, contextual, stylistic, musical, and idiosyncratic elements of each of Raff’s available choral works. This study divides the analysis of the choral works into two chapters: one chapter for his works for unaccompanied and a cappella chorus, and another chapter that covers his works for chorus and orchestra. In addition to providing a general analysis, the discussion offers insight into the accessibility level of each work. The conclusions of this study are that the choral music of Joachim Raff spans multiple genres and styles, and that it offers accessibility to a variety of choirs. As a resource for those wishing to study or perform choral works by Raff, this document also contains a catalog of his choral works, which provides information on voicing, orchestration, and publication. / A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Spring Semester 2019. / March 12, 2019. / choral, choral-orchestral, choral repertoire, Joachim Raff, oratorio, part-song / Includes bibliographical references. / André J. Thomas, Professor Directing Dissertation; Michelle Stebleton, University Representative; Kevin Fenton, Committee Member; William Fredrickson, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_709855 |
| Contributors | Wiggins, Jeremy Kenneth (author), Thomas, André J. (André Jerome) (Professor Directing Dissertation), Stebleton, Michelle (University Representative), Fenton, Kevin (Committee Member), Fredrickson, William E. (Committee Member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Music (degree granting college) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, doctoral thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (169 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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