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This analytic dissertation explores tragic and ironic narratives in post-1945 orchestral works through the lens of musical agency and critical theory. For the purposes of this study, I define musical narrative as any sequencing of...
Using Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Head Over Heels, and The Knife as a starting point, this thesis explores the representation of transgender characters in musical theatre. While other forms of queer representation have found a home on the...
This dissertation considers how composers deviate from strict chromatic sequences in post-tonal triadic repertoire and introduces multi-dimensional voice-leading spaces that are flexible enough to accommodate these minute alterations...
Sergei Prokofiev's songs for solo voice and piano hold a special place in his oeuvre both biographically and stylistically. The works were composed almost continuously throughout his entire lifetime, with only a short lapse in output...
There are two distinct time periods of the barbershop singing tradition that are often conflated in the scholarly musical community. The first period, generally from the 1860s through the 1930s, is marked by extemporaneous singing in...
a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies is a two-movement work for orchestra. The title derives from the Chinese idiom. Chinese people use this idiom to describe a bold, imaginative, unconstrained style. This work intends to create an...
This thesis analyzes selected dream ballets, examining their appearances and investigating how they were used throughout their existence, offering a new perspective on an often-neglected dramatic device of American music theater. Each...
Studies of musical agency have been growing in the field of music theory since the publication of Edward T. Cone's book The Composer's Voice (1974). Indeed, recent publications by scholars such as Robert Hatten and Seth Monahan...
Phrases in common-practice music are traditionally defined by harmonic processes, particularly goal-directed progressions to tonic. In popular music, however, harmonic motion toward a tonic is not always present, making traditional...
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