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An Attentive Interpretation Study of Claude Debussy’s Trois chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano, Including Jake Heggie’s Arrangement of Trois Chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet

DesChamps, Élise
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3770-3207
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1557147971606526

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2019, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
This document is an outgrowth of my strong desire to gain a deeper understanding of Debussy’s musical style, as well as Jake Heggie’s, and to create a new connection in the existing literature. A recent arrangement of Trois chansons de Bilitis by Jake Heggie creates a vehicle which allows this study to connect the two geniuses. The first chapter is an introduction on the subject, followed by two chapters on Debussy’s, and Louÿs’ lives, where simple yet thorough biographies are established. The fourth chapter is focusing on the collaboration between Debussy and Louÿs, and the birth of Bilitis. Chapter five is an interpretation guide exposing compositional elements including, but not limited to, diction, primary sources, harmony, melody, rhythm, text, and formal structure, including topics most pertinent to performance practice. Chapter six is dedicated to Jake Heggie. The final pages of the document include a full musical score, Eugène Fromont’s first edition, with interpretation markings, suggested breaths, complete International Phonetic Alphabet, and an English translation. Also included is a lexicon, and, with Jake Heggie’s kind permission, a sample page of his arrangement of Debussy’s song cycle, published by Bent Pen Music. This document is intended to aid artists in the preparation of an informed performance of Trois chansons de Bilitis, the song cycle with piano or string quartet.
Scott McCoy (Advisor)
Alan Green (Committee Member)
Edward Bak (Committee Member)
69 p.
Music; Performing Arts
DesChamps; Debussy; Trois chansons de Bilitis; Heggie; Interpretation Study; Bilitis; Song Cycle; French Melodies; Mezzo-Soprano and Piano; Mezzo-Soprano and String quartet; Arrangement; Jake Heggie; Claude Debussy

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  • DesChamps, É. (2019). An Attentive Interpretation Study of Claude Debussy’s Trois chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano, Including Jake Heggie’s Arrangement of Trois Chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1557147971606526

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • DesChamps, Élise. An Attentive Interpretation Study of Claude Debussy’s Trois chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano, Including Jake Heggie’s Arrangement of Trois Chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet. 2019. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1557147971606526.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • DesChamps, Élise. "An Attentive Interpretation Study of Claude Debussy’s Trois chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano, Including Jake Heggie’s Arrangement of Trois Chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1557147971606526

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