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dc.contributor.authorSaari, Eric Michael
dc.description.abstractFew musicians are familiar with the works of American composer, Horatio Parker (1863-1919), and those who know him likely are familiar only with his church music. This dissertation aims to bring attention to Parker and his secular choral output, specifically his cantatas. The author has chosen three representative examples of his dramatic secular works for choir and orchestra in order to examine the development of Parker's compositional style. They are The Ballad of a Knight and His Daughter (1884), Dream-King and His Love (1891), and A Star Song (1901). After a brief biography, the author pays particular attention to Parker's increasing use of thematic elements as well as the harmonic language and formal construction of the selected works. A course of development is demonstrated highlighting Parker's increasingly sophisticated use of themes and more chromatic harmonic language.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU Policy 190.6.2
dc.titleThe Compositional Style of Horatio Parker as Demonstrated in Selected Cantatasen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-31T00:34:40Z
dc.date.available2017-10-31T00:34:40Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/26723
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfen_US
ndsu.degreeDoctor of Musical Arts (DMA)en_US
ndsu.collegeArts, Humanities, and Social Sciencesen_US
ndsu.departmentChalley School of Musicen_US
ndsu.programMusicen_US
ndsu.advisorWeber, Michael


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