This dissertation aims to examine the motivic voice leading of the first two movements of Korngold's Violin Concerto, Op. 35 to illuminate the interwoven motives within the underlying structures of the movements. The analysis principally concentrates on two main motives: the motivic tritone and rising-third motives. Moreover, the analysis of Korngold's motivic writing further investigates the semantics that are evoked by the technical aspects. With his exceptional ability to interconnect music to narratives both in operas and films, Korngold never ceased to express the recurring themes of love and revival also in his instrumental music. It is noteworthy that he borrowed only the "love themes" from his film scores for the first two movements of the violin concerto. The violin concerto was the first work written after Korngold returned to absolute music after a decade of composing for films to ensure his and his family's survival during the war. After the Anschluss, during his exile in California as a Jewish refugee, Korngold's love for his homeland Austria, his philanthropic concern for humanity, and longing for peace became his primary focus; these concerns are reflected in his Violin Concerto through his use of specific motives. By researching the historical and biographical materials, as well as employing linear analysis, this study seeks to explore the meanings of the linear motives in Korngold's music; more specifically, it attempts to show how particular motivic figures and tonal structures express the composer's ideas of transcendental "love." It argues that an in-depth understanding of both the technical and semantic aspects is also the first and foremost requirement for performing this piece.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1505269 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Hong, Dayeon |
| Contributors | Bushkova, Julia, Jackson, Timothy L., Leenhouts, Paul, 1957- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 68 pages : music, Text |
| Rights | Public, Hong, Dayeon, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
| Relation | Recital: November 14, 2012, ark:/67531/metadc171775, Recital: April 10, 2013, ark:/67531/metadc172216, Recital: April 3, 2014, ark:/67531/metadc917253 |
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