Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Date of Degree

6-2022

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Program

Music

Advisor

Jeff Nichols

Committee Members

Bruce Saylor

Scott Burnham

Anne Stone

Subject Categories

Composition

Keywords

composition, violin and piano, Dante Alighieri

Abstract

Instrumental work for violin and piano based on a sestina by Dante Alighieri; written to commemorate the poet on the 700th anniversary of his death. Commissioned by Elena Augilar Kosta for Eriko Sato and David Oei. This piece received its premier by Curtis Macomber and Steven Beck on May 20, 2022 in Elebash Hall at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Comments

This composition and the essay, "Negative Dialectics in Elliott Carter: Toward an Adornian Aesthetics of Carter's Music," together constitute the author's dissertation but are otherwise unrelated.

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