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The Blue Bird

Hwang, Mirae
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-1824
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522319891865069

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2018, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Composition.
The Blue Bird was inspired by a Korean traditional folk song called Saeya Saeya, Parang Saeya, literally "Bird, Bird, Blue Bird." The song is easily recognizable, with its plaintive melody consisting of three pitches (D, G, and A). The origin of this song is unclear, but the dominant view is that it refers to the Korean general Bong-Joon Juhn, who led a peasant revolution in the late 19th century. General Juhn, known by his nickname the "Green Bean General", rose up against the corrupt ruling class, and his army of farmers swept through large parts of the Korean peninsula before those in power called on Japanese troops to intervene. General Juhn was captured and beheaded in 1895. My piece consists of four dramatic movements with poetic narrator of General Juhn. I borrowed the melody from Saeya Saeya Parang Saeya. Its intervallic structure, featuring the major second, perfect fourth and fifth intervals plays an important role in each movement, with several melodic subjects including other intervals derived from transforming that collection.
Michael Fiday, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Mara (Margaret) Helmuth, D.M.A. (Committee Member)
Douglas Knehans, D.M.A. (Committee Member)
58 p.
Music
Chamber ensemble; Korean folk song; Korean traditional music; Bird, Bird, Blue Bird; Saeya Saeya Parang Saeya

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  • Hwang, M. (2018). The Blue Bird [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522319891865069

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hwang, Mirae. The Blue Bird. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522319891865069.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hwang, Mirae. "The Blue Bird." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522319891865069

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