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Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637-1707) is known for his many organ works. However, no significant portion of his choral music is in the standard performing repertoire. Buxtehude's large-scale choral work Membra Jesu Nostri should be considered a seminal "passion" composition in part because of its historic position in early German Lutheran church music. It also serves as an example of the heightened levels of affect in a seventeenth century devotional passion. To better understand Buxtehude and his music, an overview of his life, career and religious beliefs are discussed, including the incorporation of pietism and mysticism in his cantata, Membra Jesu Nostri. Details of the composition's structure, unifying thematic elements and text sources with translations are included. Historical performance practices are discussed, including the composer's probable intent of having one of the seven cantatas performed every day before Easter. This research study also provides conductors with a variety of practical performance considerations. Through these observations, it will be shown that Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri is one of the most well-conceived and well-constructed choral works of the early Baroque era.
ContributorsKim, Youn Ju (Author) / Gentry, Gregory (Thesis advisor) / Hill, Gary (Committee member) / Reber, William (Committee member) / Rogers, Rodney (Committee member) / Russell, Timothy (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2012
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The English Renaissance anthem Christ rising again is a valuable addition to the study of sacred English music during the first one hundred years of the English Reformation (c. 1530s-c.1630s) and provides insight into the theological and musical perspective of English reformers, humanists, and composers. The text of Christ rising again is the only anthem text that was set by the following prominent composers active during the English Reformation: John Sheppard (c.1515-1563), Christopher Tye (c.1505-1573), Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585), William Byrd (c.1540-1623), and Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), as well as an unfinished setting by Thomas Weelkes (c.1576-1623) as well as complete settings by less prominent English composers. The anthem's text and musical settings are analyzed in terms of their place within the liturgical services of the Church of England, context within the ceremonies surrounding the Easter sepulchre, theological interpretation of the scriptural passages that comprise the anthem's text by Renaissance humanists and theologians, and performance forces available to composers. This study found that the anthem was an integral part of the Easter sepulchre procession during the first English version of the Easter Matins service found in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. Its function later changed as the sepulchre procession was eliminated from the 1552 revised version of the Book of Common Prayer and the anthem was moved to later within the Easter Morning Prayer service. Analysis of various commentaries and interpretations by contemporary theologians and humanists who influenced the English Reformation is provided to demonstrate the interpretation and meaning associated with specific musical settings by various composers. Finally, an examination of Renaissance English performing forces is provided, particularly centered on the institutions of the Chapel Royal and Lincoln Cathedral, both significant institutions that employed prominent English composers during the examined era.
ContributorsOlsen, Ryan Allen (Author) / Gentry, Gregory (Thesis advisor) / Saucier, Catherine (Thesis advisor) / Doan, Jerry (Committee member) / Schildkret, David (Committee member) / Scmidt, Marg (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2010
ContributorsSchildkret, David (Conductor) / Buda, Manuel (Performer) / Camerini, Miriam (Performer) / Concert Choir (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2022-11-06
ContributorsMyers, Nathan De' Shon (Conductor) / Schildkret, David (Conductor) / Barrett Choir (Performer) / Concert Choir (Performer) / Gospel Choir (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2022-10-21
ContributorsMyers, Nathan De' Shon (Conductor) / Murphy, Teresa (Conductor) / Schildkret, David (Conductor) / Gospel Choir (Performer) / Canticum Bassum (Performer) / Sol Singers (Performer) / Barrett Choir (Performer) / Concert Choir (Performer) / Choral Union (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2021-12-03
ContributorsSchildkret, David (Conductor) / Concert Choir (Performer) / Choral Union (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2022-02-27
ContributorsMurphy, Teresa (Conductor) / Schildkret, David (Conductor) / Canticum Bassum (Performer) / Sol Singers (Performer) / Choral Union (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2022-10-20
ContributorsSchildkret, David (Conductor) / Rynex, Carolyn (Conductor) / Evans, Bartlett R. (Conductor) / Concert Choir (Maroon) (Performer) / Concert Choir (Gold) (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2014-03-04