Letters from a Black Snake is a song cycle by living Australian composer, George Palmer. The cycle sets curated excerpts of text taken from letters written or dictated by Australia's most notorious bushranger (bandit) turned folk hero, Edward "Ned" Kelly (1854-1880), creating a cohesive narrative arc that establishes and explores Kelly's character through the precipitating events of his short life, exclusively in his own words. But what happens when the narrator doesn't tell the whole story? Framed as an expositional analysis of Letters from a Black Snake, this dissertation explores the importance of context on the interpretation and reception of this, and narrative song cycles generally, outlining potential approaches to performance, and proposing an expansion of Palmer's work.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2332576 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Curcuruto, Christopher Charles |
| Contributors | Snider, Jeffrey, Eaton, Jonathan, 1955-, Dubberly, Stephen |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Curcuruto, Christopher Charles, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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