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The purpose of this research is to assemble a collection of Russian Art song repertoire selected for beginner level training, with an exposition of the criteria for their appropriateness as teaching pieces. This examination defines the scope of vocal, technical, language and interpretive abilities required for the performance of Russian Art song literature. It also establishes the need for a pedagogical approach that is free from Eurocentric cultural biases against Russian language and culture. Intended as a reference for teachers and students to simplify the introduction of Russian Art song into the repertoire of the advanced secondary or beginning undergraduate student, it includes a discussion of learning priorities and challenges particular to native English speakers relative to successful Russian language lyric diction assimilation, with solutions. This study is designed to furnish material for a published edition of songs in the appropriate transpositions for high, medium and low voice including word-for- word and sense translations with IPA transcriptions, along with program notes for each piece. Repertoire is selected from the works of Alyab'yev, Gurilyov, Varlamov, Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky, as well as a few folk songs. The repertoire is grouped by difficulty and accompanied by English translations, interpretive analyses of the Russian Language poetry, and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions modified for lyric diction. The degrees of difficulty are determined by vocal registration demands, word lengths and rhythmical text setting, as well as the incidences of unfamiliar phonological processes and complex consonant clusters occurring in the text. A scope and sequence chart is included, supplemented with learning objectives and teaching strategies, which organizes the repertoire according the order in which the pieces are to be taught. A palatalization guide is provided, to provide solutions for common pronunciation problems. Included in the appendices are listings of additional recommended Russian art song titles and recommended listening and viewing.
ContributorsDavis, Alexis Brandeis (Author) / May, Judy (Thesis advisor) / DeMars, James (Committee member) / Kopta, Anne Elgar (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2014
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Phantom Sun is a ten-minute piece in three sections, and is composed for flute, clarinet in b-flat, violin, cello, and percussion. The three-part structure for this work is a representation of the atmospheric phenomenon after which the composition is named. A phantom sun, also called a parhelion or sundog, is a weather-related phenomenon caused by the horizontal refraction of sunlight in the upper atmosphere. This refraction creates the illusion of three suns above the horizon, and is often accompanied by a bright halo called the circumzenithal arc. The halo is caused by light bending at 22° as it passes through hexagonal ice crystals. Consequently, the numbers six and 22 are important figures, and have been encoded into this piece in various ways.
The first section, marked “With concentrated intensity,” is characterized by the juxtaposition of tonal ambiguity and tonal affirmation, as well as the use of polymetric counterpoint (often 7/8 against 4/4 or 7/8 against 3/4). The middle section, marked “Crystalline,” provides contrast in its use of unmetered sections and independent tempos. The refraction of light is represented in this movement by a 22-note row based on a hexachord (B-flat, F, C, G, A, E) introduced in measure 164 of the first section. The third section, marked “With frenetic energy,” begins without pause on an arresting entrance of the drums playing an additive rhythmic pattern. This pattern (5+7+9+1) amounts to 22 eighth-note pulses and informs much of the motivic and structural considerations for the remainder of the piece.
The first section, marked “With concentrated intensity,” is characterized by the juxtaposition of tonal ambiguity and tonal affirmation, as well as the use of polymetric counterpoint (often 7/8 against 4/4 or 7/8 against 3/4). The middle section, marked “Crystalline,” provides contrast in its use of unmetered sections and independent tempos. The refraction of light is represented in this movement by a 22-note row based on a hexachord (B-flat, F, C, G, A, E) introduced in measure 164 of the first section. The third section, marked “With frenetic energy,” begins without pause on an arresting entrance of the drums playing an additive rhythmic pattern. This pattern (5+7+9+1) amounts to 22 eighth-note pulses and informs much of the motivic and structural considerations for the remainder of the piece.
ContributorsMitton, Stephen LeRoy (Author) / DeMars, James (Thesis advisor) / Norton, Kay (Committee member) / Rogers, Rodney (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017
ContributorsSunkett, Mark, 1949- (Performer) / DeMars, James (Performer) / TOS Ensemble (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1985-12-01
ContributorsPrabhakar, Vijaya (Performer) / May, Judy (Performer) / McLin, Katherine (Performer) / Landschoot, Thomas (Performer) / Williamson, Madeline J. (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2002-02-15
ContributorsSpring, Robert (Performer) / Magers, William (Performer) / Atsumi, Takayori (Performer) / Hoover, Eric (Performer) / Barroll-Aschaffenburg, Rayna (Performer) / May, Judy (Performer) / Metz, John (Performer) / Wytko, Joseph (Performer) / Cosand, Walter, 1950- (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1990-02-20
ContributorsBritton, David (Performer) / Lockwood, Ralph (Performer) / McLeod, Lois (Performer) / Hamilton, Robert, 1937- (Performer) / Roux, Robert Joseph, 1949- (Performer) / Kliewer-Britton, Darleen (Performer) / May, Judy (Performer) / Hoffer, Warren (Performer) / Doan, Jerry (Performer) / Hoover, Eric (Performer) / Magers, William (Performer) / Seegmiller, Karen (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1988-04-27
ContributorsHoffer, Warren (Performer) / Vivona, Christine (Performer) / Spring, Robert (Performer) / Magers, William (Performer) / Montgomery, Toni-Marie (Performer) / May, Judy (Performer) / Capps, Ferald (Performer) / Atsumi, Takayori (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1991-02-19
ContributorsMetz, John (Performer) / Spring, Robert (Performer) / Sellheim, Eckart (Performer) / May, Judy (Performer) / Wytko, Joseph (Performer) / Hoover, Eric (Performer) / Leek, Anne (Performer) / Skoldberg, Phyllis (Performer) / Magers, William (Performer) / Atsumi, Takayori (Performer) / Swaim, Daniel (Performer) / Hamilton, Robert, 1937- (Performer) / Weisberg, Arthur (Performer) / Lockwood, Ralph (Performer) / Smith, Henry Charles (Conductor) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1992-01-28
ContributorsBaker, Dian (Performer) / Sellheim, Eckart (Performer) / May, Judy (Performer) / Barefield, Robert (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2005-01-28
ContributorsMetz, John (Performer) / Hoover, Eric (Performer) / Meyer, Janice (Performer) / Spring, Robert (Performer) / Cosand, Walter, 1950- (Performer) / Smith, J. B., 1957- (Performer) / Kliewer-Britton, Darleen (Performer) / May, Judy (Performer) / Hoffer, Warren (Performer) / Doan, Jerry (Performer) / McLeod, Lois (Performer) / Pendleton, Mary (Performer) / Musica Dolce (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1989-03-21