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David and Goliath: An Oratorio

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dc.contributor.advisorMartin, Stephanie
dc.creatorAddison, John-Luke George
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:39:36Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:39:36Z
dc.date.copyright2015-04-22
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:39:36Z
dc.degree.disciplineMusic
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis involves composing a dramatic work, David and Goliath: An Oratorio, for chorus and orchestra, with an emphasis on emulating eighteenth-century English oratorio style. A framework for writing compositions based on appropriating foreign cultural or historical characteristics is suggested, with specific emphases on choral works incorporating sacred text. The Baroque oratorio’s history is examined, and its prominence in ‘Georgian’ Britain throughout the eighteenth century and its corresponding stylistic aspects is investigated, including form, instrumentation, notation, harmony, and text. In addition, the cross-cultural differentiations of the biblical text of David and Goliath are discussed, as it is paraphrased into a libretto to complement music with similar tonality, figurations, and harmonic language of late Baroque style.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30091
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subjectMusic education
dc.subject.keywordsOratorio
dc.subject.keywordsGeorgian Britain
dc.subject.keywordsDavid and Goliath
dc.subject.keywordsPastiche composition
dc.subject.keywordsBaroque
dc.titleDavid and Goliath: An Oratorio
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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