The future of terror : musical settings of the poetry of Matthea Harvey
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation is comprised of two musical works that set the poetry of Matthea Harvey. These songs explore themes of terror, contingency, complacency, and the grotesque. The first musical work presented here is "as if to hold the hemispheres of their own heads together (black; dahlia 1)" for flute, oboe, tenor saxophone, soprano, violin, violoncello, and double bass. This piece sets Harvey's "How We Learned to Hold Hands, " from the poet's collection Modern Life. Ensemble Dal Niente premiered "as if to hold the hemispheres of their own heads together (black; dahlia 1)" in January, 2014. The second musical work presented here is "the future of terror, " for flute and soprano. This song cycle sets Harvey's series "The Future of Terror, " also from her collection Modern Life. Liz Pearse and Élise Roy — for whom this work was written — premiered "the future of terror" in May, 2014.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Isaacson, Kurt Edward |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Music. |
| Primary advisor | Ferneyhough, Brian, 1943- |
| Thesis advisor | Ferneyhough, Brian, 1943- |
| Thesis advisor | Kronengold, Charles (Charles Stewart) |
| Thesis advisor | Ulman, Erik, 1969- |
| Advisor | Kronengold, Charles (Charles Stewart) |
| Advisor | Ulman, Erik, 1969- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Kurt Edward Isaacson. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Music. |
| Thesis | Thesis (DMA)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Kurt Edward Isaacson
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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