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Defining Musical Americanism: A Reductive Style Study of the Piano Sonatas of Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, and Charles Ives

Jacklin, Brendan
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1390-5234
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1516720173961355

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2017, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Piano.
This document includes a reductive style study of four American piano sonatas premiered between 1939 and 1949: Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord” by Charles Ives, Piano Sonata by Aaron Copland, Piano Sonata by Elliott Carter, and Piano Sonata, Op. 26 by Samuel Barber. Each of these sonatas represents a different musical style and synthesizes traditional compositional techniques with native elements. A reductive analysis ascertains those musical features with identifiable European origins, such as sonata-allegro principle and fugue, and in doing so will reveal which musical features and influences contribute to make each sonata stylistically American. While such American style elements, such as jazz-inspired rhythms and harmonies, are not unique to the works of American composers, I demonstrate how the combination of these elements, along with the extent each composer’s aesthetic intent in creating an American work, contributed to the creation of an American piano style.
bruce mcclung, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Kenneth Griffiths, M.M. (Committee Member)
Jeongwon Joe, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
114 p.
Music
Piano Sonata; Elliott Carter; Samuel Barber; Charles Ives; Aaron Copland; American Music

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  • Jacklin, B. (2017). Defining Musical Americanism: A Reductive Style Study of the Piano Sonatas of Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, and Charles Ives [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1516720173961355

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jacklin, Brendan. Defining Musical Americanism: A Reductive Style Study of the Piano Sonatas of Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, and Charles Ives. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1516720173961355.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jacklin, Brendan. "Defining Musical Americanism: A Reductive Style Study of the Piano Sonatas of Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, and Charles Ives." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1516720173961355

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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