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Edward MacDowell: A Poetic Voice as Seen in the “Eroica” and “Keltic” Sonatas
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Wang, Yuchi Sophie
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1396533402
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Year and Degree
2014, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Piano.
Abstract
This study investigates the poetic voice of Edward MacDowell (1861–1908) through two largely unknown works: the “Eroica” and “Keltic” piano sonatas. Working within a tradition of composers who experimented with the marriage of music and literature, MacDowell did not limit his music to abstract constructions, but diversified it with poetry, literature, and folklore. As a pianist-composer, MacDowell strived to infuse the poetic nature of his source material into tone much as an impressionistic painter captures light and shade on canvas. I propose to demonstrate how MacDowell motivically unified each of the sonatas and musically depicted each with extramusical inspiration. This document also provides interpretive suggestions for pianists, based on the poetic material provided by the composer and descriptions of his own playing.
Committee
Jonathan Kregor, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Michael Chertock, M.M. (Committee Member)
James Tocco (Committee Member)
Pages
85 p.
Subject Headings
Music
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Performing Arts
Keywords
MacDowell piano sonata
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Eroica Sonata
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Keltic Sonata
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MacDowell poetic voice
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motivic unity
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Wang, Y. S. (2014).
Edward MacDowell: A Poetic Voice as Seen in the “Eroica” and “Keltic” Sonatas
[Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1396533402
APA Style (7th edition)
Wang, Yuchi.
Edward MacDowell: A Poetic Voice as Seen in the “Eroica” and “Keltic” Sonatas.
2014. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1396533402.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Wang, Yuchi. "Edward MacDowell: A Poetic Voice as Seen in the “Eroica” and “Keltic” Sonatas." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1396533402
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Edward MacDowell: A Poetic Voice as Seen in the “Eroica” and “Keltic” Sonatas by Yuchi Sophie Wang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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