Collaboration and the creation of a new piece of music : an analysis of the roles played by composer, poet, and singer in William Bolcom's Briefly it enters for soprano and piano

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dc.contributor.authorSinnott, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts
dc.contributor.supervisorYoungdahl, Janet
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-28T23:40:16Z
dc.date.available2016-02-28T23:40:16Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis document looks at American composer William Bolcom’s song cycle Briefly It Enters, from a collaborative standpoint. The cycle was written with soprano Benita Valente in mind and the poetry is taken from the work of American poet Jane Kenyon. Chapter one of the thesis offers a brief history of the practice of writing for specific singers among composers in Europe and the United States. Chapter two provides biographical information about the participants involved in the project. The third chapter narrates a timeline of events leading up to the work’s premiere; chapter four is a musical analysis of the cycle from a singer’s standpoint. Included within chapter four are ideas about the poetry, vocal considerations for Valente, and the effect of Kenyon’s death upon the creation of this work. The fifth chapter provides insight for performers who wish to learn and perform this cycle in the future.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4435
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquestyesNoen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Fine Artsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Musicen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFine Artsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts)en_US
dc.subjectcollaborative compositionen_US
dc.subjectValente, Benitaen_US
dc.subjectKenyon, Janeen_US
dc.subjectBolcom, Williamen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary classical musicen_US
dc.subjectvoice and piano compositionsen_US
dc.subjectserious art songen_US
dc.subjectsong cycleen_US
dc.titleCollaboration and the creation of a new piece of music : an analysis of the roles played by composer, poet, and singer in William Bolcom's Briefly it enters for soprano and pianoen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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