Brown, Karen
(2021)
Narrative as Lingua Franca:
Investigating and Quantifying Narrative Contextualization of Elliott Carter’s Enchanted Preludes and Virgula Divina (Original Composition).
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This dissertation, focusing on Elliott Carter's Enchanted Preludes, presents a methodology that allows for data garnered from music theoretical analyses, musical recordings, real-time listener narrative contextualization, and longer-term narrative analyses to be meaningfully compared in a single analytical framework. Chapter 1 presents the relevant existing literature on presenting music theory analysis by narrative means in the larger Elliott Carter literature. Chapter 2 engages with the existing literature relevant to Enchanted Preludes. Chapter 3 presents my music theoretical analysis of the piece. Chapter 4 presents the structure and findings of a study focused on capturing participant's narrative impressions of Enchanted Preludes. Chapter 5 concludes the dissertation, presenting ideas to contextualize the findings of the study and analysis as well as expand the presented analytical framework. Virgula Divina, the composition component of this dissertation, is a chamber opera composed for three vocalists and five instrumentalists. The piece focuses on combining traditional operatic conventions and newly designed software. This software allows for the easier execution of real-time stochastic operations within the limitations imposed by traditional operatic performance.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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Unpublished |
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Date: |
3 May 2021 |
Date Type: |
Publication |
Defense Date: |
24 March 2020 |
Approval Date: |
3 May 2021 |
Submission Date: |
28 May 2020 |
Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
Number of Pages: |
95 |
Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Music |
Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
Refereed: |
Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
"Elliott Carter" Elliott Carter Narrative Music "Music Cognition" "Music Perception" "Music Data" Crowdsourced Music |
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03 May 2021 15:17 |
Last Modified: |
03 May 2021 15:17 |
URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/39125 |
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