Date of Award
2014
Type
Thesis
Major
Music
Department
Schwob School of Music
First Advisor
Paul Vaillancourt
Abstract
Usually, when a piece of music is taken out of context, that is, when it is learned and performed without studying the piece, the composer, the musical genre, or the historical significance, the understanding of it for the performer is narrow and limited and the performance is less than ideal. This leads to a substandard realization of the music. Contrarily, a musician should integrate research with the learning process as to enhance the comprehensive understanding of the piece, which ultimately results in a high level of performance. This idea is important for the complex and extensive musical repertoire of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. David Lang's solo percussion work, The Anvil Chorus, is case and point.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Brandon M., "Deconstructing David Lang's The Anvil Chorus" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 113.
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/113
Comments
Honors Thesis