What Is Galant Counterpoint?: Examining the Strict Treatment of Folk Melody in Eighteenth-century Music
| dc.contributor.author | Singer, Daniel Pecos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-08T22:50:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-08T22:50:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.description | 33 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Music and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Mus, 2014. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Throughout the eighteenth century, folk melody found itself constricted within the confines of the Classical art music tradition. The clearest evidence of this relationship appears in the fugal treatment of folk melody. Through this lens we see the courtly styles and tastes of Western Europe manipulating the expression of folk elements. Within the ruling aesthetic, the representation of the folk functions as a reference to the primitive or simple. When the "simple" melodies of the folk conform to the rigid counterpoint inherited from the sixteenth century, we see conflicting gestures of musical expression, what Elaine Sisman calls ''galant counterpoint." What are we to make of these contradictions of affect and style? This thesis explores the political ramifications of these gestures along with the evolution of the role of folk melody in the Western art music tradition. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/18456 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Music, Honors College, B.MUS., 2014; | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Music theory | en_US |
| dc.subject | Music | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eighteenth-century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Beethoven | en_US |
| dc.subject | Razumovsky | en_US |
| dc.subject | Aesthetics | en_US |
| dc.title | What Is Galant Counterpoint?: Examining the Strict Treatment of Folk Melody in Eighteenth-century Music | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | en_US |