The five last vocal works of Claude Vivier: Lonely Child, Bouchara, Prologue pour un Marco Polo, Wo bist Du Licht! and Trois airs pour un opera imaginaire have in common different stylistic characteristics. The detailed analysis of these characteristics reveals the influence of tonal music in the melodic, harmonic and formal construction of these works. The tonal character of the music is masked by total chromaticism and the presence of harmonic spectra built through frequency addition, a technique borrowed from spectral music. These five works are also related by the use of an imaginary language, characteristic of Vivier's late music, serving a dual semantic and musical function. The conclusion of this thesis will discuss the evolution of these various characteristics in the context of Claude Vivier's life and aesthetics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.81501 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Levesque, Patrick |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Music (Faculty of Music.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002182625, proquestno: AAIMR06518, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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