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Echoes of Venice: The Origins of the Barcarolle for Solo Piano

MARGETTS, JAMES ANOR

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2008, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Piano.
This document traces the development of the solo keyboard barcarolle from its origins in late seventeenth-century opera through its establishment as a popular vehicle for wordless musical expression at the dawn of the Romantic era. Opera composers that were initially inspired by romantic notions of Venice and its surrounding waterways eventually widened the dramatic scope of the barcarolle by adapting the form to a variety of other situations and locales. Felix Mendelssohn drew upon both the vocal origins and the Venetian roots of the genre in crafting his four textless "Gondellieder" for solo piano. At approximately the same time, Frederic Chopin issued a more extended and complex Barcarolle, still regarded as the highest standard in barcarolle composition. The models provided by these two masters ultimately inspired the creation of well over four hundred additional works, many of which are listed in the concluding chapter and appendix.
Robert L. Zierolf, PhD (Advisor)
Frank M. Weinstock, MM (Committee Member)
Stephanie P. Schlagel, PhD (Committee Member)
87 p.

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  • MARGETTS, J. A. (2008). Echoes of Venice: The Origins of the Barcarolle for Solo Piano [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1218894990

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • MARGETTS, JAMES. Echoes of Venice: The Origins of the Barcarolle for Solo Piano. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1218894990.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • MARGETTS, JAMES. "Echoes of Venice: The Origins of the Barcarolle for Solo Piano." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1218894990

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)