Date of Award
2013
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Awarded
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Program
Music
Department
Challey School of Music
College
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Faculty Advisor
Froelich, Andrew I.
Description
This paper describes concert music for the piano that is heavily influenced by or entirely based on folk music traditions from the Americas. First, the term folk music and problems arising from its use are explained. The three main groups of people from which most of the folk music of the Americas originated are also briefly described. The main music covered will be by the composers Samuel Barber (United States), Juan Morel Campos (Puerto Rico), Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil), and Louis Moreau Gottschalk (United States). Each composer is represented by one or two pieces. Each piece is analyzed in terms of form and the folk tradition that influenced it. The histories and characteristics of blues, boogie-woogie, cowboy ballads, plena, and banjo music are all considered and related to the pieces discussed.
Recommended Citation
Lopez, Edwin Gerardo Aybar, "American Folk Traditions in Piano Concert Music" (2013). Music. 6.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/music/6
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27102