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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9093
2011
vii, 64 p. : music
Doctoral Dissertation
Academic theses
Text
eng
Page, Carrie Leigh, 1980-
Rogers, Rodney
DeMars, James
Levy, Benjamin
Oldani, Robert
Arizona State University
Includes vita
Partial requirement for: D.M.A., Arizona State University, 2011
Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-52)
Field of study: Music
Many of the works of Dominick Argento have been researched and analyzed, but his choral work Evensong: Of Love and Angels s has received limited attention thus far. Written in memoriam for his wife Carolyn Bailey Argento, Evensong draws its musical material from her initials C.B.A. These letters, translated into note names, form a conspicuous head motive that is present in each movement of the work, and it serves multiple functions: as a melodic feature, as the foundation for a twelve-tone row, and as a harmonic base. This paper provides an overview of the work's conception with specific relation to Argento's biographical details, compositional style, and work habits; a brief review of the critical reception of the work; and a succinct analysis of the form and cyclical materials found in each movement.
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Music
religion
performing arts
Argento
Choral
Dallapiccola
evensong
twelve-tone
Wilder
An analytical overview of Dominick Argento's Evensong, of love and angels