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Fantasy on a Theme of Luther

Proodian, John D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1123529520

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2005, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
“Fantasy on a Theme of Luther” is a music composition for Wind Symphony based on Martin Luther’s famous hymn, Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God). This document will serve as a retrievable supplement to the actual composition. It will provide insight into my composition by studying how various composers have used the hymn in their works, specifically in regard to their treatment of rhythm. This famous hymn has been sung in churches all over the world for nearly five hundred years and has inspired many composers to incorporate the theme into their own works. Among those many composers who have used Luther’s, Fortress as inspiration are Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and Warren Benson. They have been chosen in order to observe how composers through the years have dealt with the rhythmic complexity of Luther’s original hymn theme, the aspect that was the most interesting to me in my own work.
Marc Ainger (Advisor)
47 p.
Music
fantasy; luther; theme

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  • Proodian, J. D. (2005). Fantasy on a Theme of Luther [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1123529520

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Proodian, John. Fantasy on a Theme of Luther. 2005. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1123529520.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Proodian, John. "Fantasy on a Theme of Luther." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1123529520

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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