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Modal Prolongational Structure in Selected Sacred Choral Compositions by Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams

Francis, Timothy (University of Oregon, 2012)

While some composers at the beginning of the twentieth century drifted away from tonal hierarchical structures, Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams sought ways of integrating tonal ideas with new materials. By analyzing ...
Structure, Musical Forces, and Musica Ficta in Fourteenth-Century Monophonic Songs

Holmquest, Heather (University of Oregon, 2015-01-14)

This study provides insight into the compositional features of the monophonic ballata, a genre developed in the early to mid-fourteenth century in northern Italy. In analyzing the formal structure, melodic contour, application ...
Text Painting through Neo-Riemannian Transformation and Rhythmic Manipulation in the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten

Centeno, Vincent (University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)

The music of Benjamin Britten is both inspiring and intriguing: inspiring, because his music can move the listener; intriguing, because his use of triadic harmonies and rhythmic settings seems at once free, flexible, and ...