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ContributorsKierum, Caitlin (Contributor) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Liang, Jack (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-04-11
ContributorsLougheed, Julia (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Bayer, Elizabeth Kennedy (Performer) / Clifton-Armenta, Tyler (Performer) / Park, Julie (Performer) / Javier de Alba, Francisco (Performer) / Vientos Dulces (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-04-07
ContributorsCoffey, Brennan (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2021-04-26
ContributorsHolly, Sean (Performer) / Wright, Aaron (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2021-04-29
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The relationship between a fictional character and its reader is one built on sympathy. Likable characters who combat personal adversity or who possess culturally acceptable and praised characteristics at the time of the fictional work's publication garner compassion from its audience. Does the same kind of reader reaction occur when characters of an unfavorable social status begin to transgress specified cultural attitudes to better themselves? In this paper, I examine the role of three literary characters of illegitimate birth: Mordred in Sir Malory's Le Morte d' Arthur, Edmund in William Shakespeare's King Lear and Jon Snow in George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. I question how negative cultural attitudes at the time of each work's publication affect the way each character conducts himself whether as an agent of assumed social chaos or an autonomous bastard whose actions strive to transcend his undesirable birth rank. Each of these three characters represents specific types of bastards. Both Mordred and Edmund are bastard villains. Mordred's actions are pure unforgiving evil, and his destruction is self-indulgent and justified, to the audience, due to his illegitimate birth. Edmund is more complex, as he emotionally manipulates both the reader and other characters in the play, vacillating between a victimized bastard and a power hungry political player. Jon Snow is least like Mordred and Edmund. He endures the typical Renaissance era social and familial ostracism, and works to separate himself wholly from his illegitimate reputation while subconsciously seeking to prove himself worthy of legitimate respect.
ContributorsHouck, Laura Elizabeth (Author) / Facinelli, Diane (Thesis director) / Corse, Taylor (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor) / School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (Contributor)
Created2014-05
ContributorsBreeden, Katherine (Performer) / German, Lindsey (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-04-13
Description
ABSTRACT Many musicians, both amateur and professional alike, are continuously seeking to expand and explore their performance literature and repertory. Introducing new works into the standard repertory is an exciting endeavor for any active musician. Establishing connections, commissioning new works, and collaborating on performances can all work together toward the acceptance and success of a composer's music within an instrument community. For the flute, one such composer is Daniel Dorff (b. 1956). Dorff, a Philadelphia-based composer, has written for symphony orchestra, clarinet, contrabassoon, and others; however, his award-winning works for flute and piccolo are earning him much recognition. He has written works for such illustrious flutists as Mimi Stillman, Walfrid Kujala, and Gary Schocker; his flute works have been recorded by Laurel Zucker, Pamela Youngblood and Lois Bliss Herbine; and his pieces have been performed and premiered at each of the National Flute Association Conventions from 2004 to 2009. Despite this success, little has been written about Dorff's life, compositional style, and contributions to the flute repertory. In order to further promote the flute works of Daniel Dorff, the primary focus of this study is the creation of a compact disc recording of Dorff's most prominent works for flute: April Whirlwind, 9 Walks Down 7th Avenue, both for flute and piano, and Nocturne Caprice for solo flute. In support of this recording, the study also provides biographical information regarding Daniel Dorff, discusses his compositional methods and ideology, and presents background information, description, and performance notes for each piece. Interviews with Daniel Dorff regarding biographical and compositional details serve as the primary source for this document. Suggestions for the performance of the three flute works were gathered through interviews with prominent flutists who have studied and performed Dorff's pieces. Additional performance suggestions for Nocturne Caprice were gathered through a coaching session between the author and the composer. This project is meant to promote the flute works of Daniel Dorff and to help establish their role in the standard flute repertory.
ContributorsRich, Angela Marie (Contributor) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Buck, Elizabeth Y (Thesis advisor) / Hill, Gary W. (Committee member) / Holbrook, Amy (Committee member) / Schuring, Martin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2010
ContributorsBroome-Robinson, Julia (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Glick, Philip (Performer) / Lynch, Paul (Performer) / Ryall, Blake (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-10-19
ContributorsCrimminger, Jordan (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Hong, Dylan (Performer) / Larson, Ben (Performer) / Russell, Liam (Performer) / Raschko, Hannah (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2017-10-22
ContributorsStrickland, Kiefer (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / McKinch, Riley (Performer) / Hoeckley, Stephanie (Performer) / Bates-Kennard, Sarah (Performer) / Moonitz, Olivia (Performer) / Lovelady, Alexis (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2017-10-31