Date of Award

2018

Document Type

Honors Thesis (Open Access)

Department

Colby College. Music Dept.

Advisor(s)

Steven Nuss

Second Advisor

Jonathan Hallstrom

Third Advisor

Eric Christopher Perry

Abstract

This paper accompanies Liam Butchart's senior honors voice recital and his composition for the Colby Symphony Orchestra, Genevan Overture. The essay examines how form and cadence, two integral components of compositional craft, have been utilized by composers who either were included in the voice recital or were major influences on the composition. Specifically, the paper analyzes how different composers end their musical sentences similarly and differently through the lens of structurally-relevant cadences.

Comments

This paper is a component of a tripartite honors project: a senior honors voice recital, a composition and the theoretical paper itself.

Keywords

Composition, music theory, performance, analysis, form, cadence

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