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“Song of Myself”: Themes of Identity and Context in Selected Early Twentieth-century Settings of Walt Whitman

Zoeller, Anthony
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276951594

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2010, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Voice.
Composers have set the poetry of Walt Whitman (1819–1892) more than five hundred times in the century since his death—the most for an American poet. For many, Whitman is the quintessential representative of the United States. This document will examine the ascendancy of Whitman as it relates to vocal art music from the first half of the twentieth century and will focus on the context in which composers have turned to him for inspiration. Composers from various nations and communities also seem to find something in Whitman that speaks to them and their individual circumstance, be it comfort in war and loss, racial integrity, sexual orientation, love of man and nature, or patriotism. Specific pieces will be presented as representational examples of these various themes. Concepts of self-identity and national identity will be addressed, and the particular circumstances of composition will be presented in order to show how Whitman, who during his lifetime was largely dismissed by the public and the academy, became known as America’s Bard.
bruce mcclung, PhD (Committee Chair)
Kenneth Griffiths, MM (Committee Member)
Stanley Corkin, PhD (Committee Member)
105 p.
Music
Walt Whitman; Leaves of Grass; American art song; American choral music

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  • Zoeller, A. (2010). “Song of Myself”: Themes of Identity and Context in Selected Early Twentieth-century Settings of Walt Whitman [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276951594

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zoeller, Anthony. “Song of Myself”: Themes of Identity and Context in Selected Early Twentieth-century Settings of Walt Whitman. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276951594.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zoeller, Anthony. "“Song of Myself”: Themes of Identity and Context in Selected Early Twentieth-century Settings of Walt Whitman." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276951594

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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