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Paul Schoenfield's 'Refractory' Method of Composition: A Study of Refractions and Sha’atnez

Kim, DoYeon
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8791-788X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563295242704718

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2019, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Violoncello.
Paul Schoenfield (b.1947) is a contemporary American composer whose works draw on jazz, folk music, klezmer, and a deep knowledge of classical tradition. This document examines Schoenfield’s characteristic techniques of recasting and redirecting preexisting musical materials through diverse musical styles, genres, and influences as a coherent compositional method. I call this method `refraction’, taking the term from the first of the pieces I analyze here: Refractions, a trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano written in 2006, which centers on melodies from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). I will also trace the `refraction’ method through Sha’atnez, a trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (2013), which is based on two well-known melodies: “Pria ch’io l’impegno” from Joseph Weigl’s opera L’amor marinaro, ossia il corsaro (also known as the “Weigl tune,” best known for its appearance in the third movement of Beethoven’s Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello in B-flat Major, Op.11 (`Gassenhauer’)); and the Russian-Ukrainian folk song “Dark Eyes ((Очи чёрные).” By tracing the `refraction’ method as it is used to generate these two works, this study offers a unified approach to understanding Schoenfield’s compositional process; in doing so, the study both makes his music more accessible for scholarly examination and introduces enjoyable new works to the chamber music repertoire.
Yehuda Hanani, M.M. (Committee Chair)
Jonathan Kregor, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Won-Bin Yim, D.M.A. (Committee Member)
98 p.
Performing Arts
Paul Schoenfield; Refractions; Shaatnez; Cello; Performance guide; Chamber music

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  • Kim, D. (2019). Paul Schoenfield's 'Refractory' Method of Composition: A Study of Refractions and Sha’atnez [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563295242704718

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  • Kim, DoYeon. Paul Schoenfield's 'Refractory' Method of Composition: A Study of Refractions and Sha’atnez. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563295242704718.

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  • Kim, DoYeon. "Paul Schoenfield's 'Refractory' Method of Composition: A Study of Refractions and Sha’atnez." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563295242704718

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