Suspiciously Significant Nonsense: A (Queer) Analysis of John Weinzweig's Private Collection Through Lip-Synced Performance

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dc.contributor.advisorWrazen, Louise J.
dc.creatorLomax, Anthony Caleb
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-05T14:51:04Z
dc.date.available2019-03-05T14:51:04Z
dc.date.copyright2018-10-29
dc.date.issued2019-03-05
dc.date.updated2019-03-05T14:51:04Z
dc.degree.disciplineMusic
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents two different analyses of John Weinzweigs Private Collection, a group of nine songs for soprano and piano that was completed in 1975. The first analysis is text-based and draws on the existing literature, my own reading of the score, and archival research. The second is a performance-based analysis focused on a lip-synced performance of Mary Lou Fallis and Monica Gaylords recording of the composition, which I personally directed. I also draw upon data collected from audience surveys and performer interviews in this analysis. Here I consider various layers of performativity in Private Collection and ground my work in performance studies and queer scholarship. I argue that lip-syncing is a queer methodology that can illuminate the fragmented and multiple meanings that emerge from recorded music.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35858
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPerforming arts
dc.subject.keywordsJohn Weinzweig
dc.subject.keywordsMary Lou Fallis
dc.subject.keywordsMonica Gaylord
dc.subject.keywordslip-sync
dc.subject.keywordsSong cycle
dc.subject.keywordsPerformativity
dc.subject.keywordsMusic analysis
dc.subject.keywordsGertrude Stein
dc.subject.keywordsDada
dc.subject.keywordsE. E. Cummings
dc.subject.keywordsPrivate Collection
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian music
dc.subject.keywordsArt music
dc.titleSuspiciously Significant Nonsense: A (Queer) Analysis of John Weinzweig's Private Collection Through Lip-Synced Performance
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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