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Barbara Pentland's Songs for Soprano: A Performer's Guide to Selected Major Works

Abele, Catherine
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0019-1674
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1446546475

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2015, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Voice.
Canadian composer Barbara Pentland (1912 – 2000) is primarily recognized for her piano and chamber music. She composed a number of art songs worthy of study and performance, yet audiences are generally unfamiliar with her solo vocal music, and singers largely neglect the repertoire. Despite the quality of her output, limited scholarly consideration has been given to her solo vocal works, and, to date, there exists no performance guide to her vocal-piano literature with in-depth attention given to the performance requirements. This document is a study of four representative works suitable to the soprano Fach, each representing distinctive stylistic periods and exhibiting diverse aesthetic influences on Pentland’s approach to composition: Ruins (Ypres, 1917) (1932), Song Cycle (1942-45), Three Sung Songs (1964) and Ice Age (1986). The introductory chapter of this document includes the statement of purpose for this study, background information, review of related literature, and methodology. Chapters 2 through 5 discuss each of the four vocal works, with particular attention given to the components of style of each song and performance considerations. The final chapter is a summary of findings and conclusions. Appendices include an up-to-date discography of recordings of Pentland’s art songs and a list of published scores for solo voice(s) currently available from the Canadian Music Centre.
Mary Stucky, M.M. (Committee Chair)
Amy Johnson, M.M. (Committee Member)
William McGraw, M.M. (Committee Member)
148 p.
Music
Barbara Pentland; Ruins; Song Cycle; Three Sung Songs; Ice Age; Performance Guide

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  • Abele, C. (2015). Barbara Pentland's Songs for Soprano: A Performer's Guide to Selected Major Works [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1446546475

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Abele, Catherine. Barbara Pentland's Songs for Soprano: A Performer's Guide to Selected Major Works. 2015. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1446546475.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Abele, Catherine. "Barbara Pentland's Songs for Soprano: A Performer's Guide to Selected Major Works." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1446546475

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