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Analysis of Michael Daugherty’s “Le Tombeau de Liberace”
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Domer, Adam D.
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Year and Degree
2009, Master of Music, University of Akron, Music-Theory.
Abstract
Michael Daugherty is a postmodern composer with a unique style that blends contemporary “classical” music idioms with popular music idioms. This study is an analysis of one of Daugherty’s compositions, Le Tombeau de Liberace for piano and orchestra, to determine style characteristics of the composer, such as his harmonic language, creation of texture, and usage of popular music idioms. Research and analysis were conducted on the musical elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, orchestration, texture, and technique that comprise Le Tombeau de Liberace. The results conclude that Daugherty’s harmonic language is created, in part, through harmonic layering and the combination of diatonic and chromatic elements, and his polyphonic texture is created, in part, through a stratification of rhythmic layers.
Committee
Dr. Daniel McCarthy (Advisor)
Pages
63 p.
Subject Headings
Music
Keywords
Michael Daugherty
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Le Tombeau de Liberace
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Liberace
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postmodern
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music theory
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popular music
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American composer
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Domer, A. D. (2009).
Analysis of Michael Daugherty’s “Le Tombeau de Liberace”
[Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1239633394
APA Style (7th edition)
Domer, Adam.
Analysis of Michael Daugherty’s “Le Tombeau de Liberace”.
2009. University of Akron, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1239633394.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Domer, Adam. "Analysis of Michael Daugherty’s “Le Tombeau de Liberace”." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1239633394
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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