Date of Award

6-1-2014

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Organizational Unit

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

First Advisor

Jack Sheinbaum, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Ingrid Tague

Third Advisor

Antonia Banducci

Fourth Advisor

Sarah Morelli

Keywords

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Twentieth century composers, Romantic harmonies

Abstract

Although Ralph Vaughan Williams has remained an influential and well-liked composer throughout most decades since his death, the amount and specificity of scholarly writing about his work has been meager, and only during recent decades has it increased. One reason that Vaughan Williams has consistently been ignored is his use of "Romantic" harmonies during the twentieth century. This style complicates periodization of his work. By exploring other facets of his work and using alternative methods -- such as studies of the music's relationship to sociocultural movements, English music history, and history of genre -- for understanding his music, a greater comprehension of Vaughan Williams's work can be created. Such methods are applied to Five Mystical Songs (1911).

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Rights Holder

Marilyn L. Brock

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

en

File Size

78 p.

Discipline

Music



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