Garcia, Federico
(2003)
An Anatomy of the World for voice and six instrumentalists, on texts by John Donne.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The musical piece An Anatomy of the World, on texts extracted from John Donne's First Anniversary(1611), is discussed in this accompanying essay, with an emphasis on technical-analyticalterms, but also with a history of its composition. The choice of the text and a variety of compositionalissues and concerns, link the analysis of An Anatomy to the previous musical output of theauthor, such as the expansion of a primordial melody into a complete piece, and the handling ofduration-proportions between sections following concepts like the Golden Section.The analysis follows chronologically the unfolding of the piece, and is divided into two mainsections, according to two enunciations of the text by the singer. Important melodies, contrapuntalsections, and other sources of musical material and discourse, are quoted as figures to point outrelevant details, while always keeping a constant and consistent reference to the actual score ofthe piece. General threads developing throughout the piece are identified and characterized, andthe relationship between the text and the music, not always obvious, is addressed from severalstandpoints.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Garcia, Federico | feg8@pitt.edu | FEG8 | |
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| Date: |
12 June 2003 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
18 April 2003 |
| Approval Date: |
12 June 2003 |
| Submission Date: |
22 April 2003 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Music |
| Degree: |
MA - Master of Arts |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Composition; John Donne; text |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu:80/ETD/available/etd-04222003-105558/, etd-04222003-105558 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:40 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:41 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7474 |
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