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
Weber, Michael
Description
Few musicians are familiar with the works of American composer, Horatio Parker (1863-1919), and those who know him likely are familiar only with his church music. This dissertation aims to bring attention to Parker and his secular choral output, specifically his cantatas. The author has chosen three representative examples of his dramatic secular works for choir and orchestra in order to examine the development of Parker's compositional style. They are The Ballad of a Knight and His Daughter (1884), Dream-King and His Love (1891), and A Star Song (1901). After a brief biography, the author pays particular attention to Parker's increasing use of thematic elements as well as the harmonic language and formal construction of the selected works. A course of development is demonstrated highlighting Parker's increasingly sophisticated use of themes and more chromatic harmonic language.
Recommended Citation
Saari, Eric Michael, "The Compositional Style of Horatio Parker as Demonstrated in Selected Cantatas" (2013). Music. 14.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/music/14
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26723