All This the World Well Knows: a symphonic cantata in Sonnets and Proverbs for mixed chorus, four solo voices, and orchestra

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dc.contributor.advisorWilson, Mark Een_US
dc.contributor.authorPerry-Parrish, Joseph Adamsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-02T06:06:10Z
dc.date.available2010-07-02T06:06:10Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractAll This the World Well Knows is a 30-minute symphonic cantata for mixed chorus, four solo voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone), and orchestra. The libretto, adapted by the composer, weaves together texts from Shakespeare's Dark Lady sonnets and from the King James Bible's book of Proverbs in a loose narrative of love, betrayal, and reconciliation. The composition's pitch material includes microtonality that arises from the just intonation of sonorities derived from the harmonic series. In passages in which the solo voices express this microtonality, they are amplified in order to allow precise, non vibrato intonation. The modest size of the orchestra, which includes pairs of winds and only two percussionists, makes the composition practical for a wide range of performing groups.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10393
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLiterature, British & Irishen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusical Performancesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledamplifieden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledintonationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledjusten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledloveen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmicrotonalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledShakespeareen_US
dc.titleAll This the World Well Knows: a symphonic cantata in Sonnets and Proverbs for mixed chorus, four solo voices, and orchestraen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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