'Anything but conventional' : faith and folk idioms in Dvořák's Biblical songs : a thesis submitted to the New Zealand School of Music in fulfilmentof the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Musicology, New Zealand School of Music

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dc.contributor.authorKing, Erin Lee
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-01T02:55:37Z
dc.date.available2008-08-01T02:55:37Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractIn the nineteenth century considerable ambiguities arose regarding sacred and secular categories in music. Although such ambiguities have often been discussed in relation to the mass, this study uses the genre of the lied - in particular, Dvořák's Biblical Songs - as a means of examining the interaction between these categories. The problems inherent in the idea of 'sacred lieder' are discussed, including case studies of Schubert's 'Die Allmacht' and Wolf's 'Nun wandre, Maria' from the Spanisches Liederbuch. The Biblical Songs are located within Dvořák's biography, to show the great extent to which they were a reflection of his personal situation. In-depth analysis of the music and texts of the songs, both individually and as a cycle, reveals that they are representative of a point of interaction between secular lieder for concert performance, and devotional lieder for a domestic context. A comparison with Brahms and his Four Serious Songs reveals two very different responses to biblical texts: whereas Brahm's solution places emphasis on secular love, Dvořák's songs show a progression from doubt and confusion about God through to faith and rejoicing. Furthermore, whereas the Four Serious Songs demonstrate a highly individualistic solution to the pessimism expressed earlier in the cycle, Dvořák's use of folk idioms at key locations in the Biblical Songs places emphasis on communality and tradition. However, the cycle also reveals a more complex expression of faith than is often assumed of Dvořák.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/672
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectDvořáken_US
dc.subjectLieder (songs)en_US
dc.subjectSacred songsen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::410000 The Arts::410100 Performing Arts Studies::410101 Music studiesen_US
dc.title'Anything but conventional' : faith and folk idioms in Dvořák's Biblical songs : a thesis submitted to the New Zealand School of Music in fulfilmentof the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Musicology, New Zealand School of Musicen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorKing, Erin Lee
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Music (M.Mus.)en_US
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