Dissonance Treatment in Fuging Tunes by Daniel Read from The American Singing Book and The Columbian Harmonist
Description:
This thesis treats Daniel Read's music analytically to establish style characteristics. Read's fuging tunes are examined for metric placement and structural occurrence of dissonance, and dissonance as text painting. Read's comments on dissonance are extracted from his tunebook introductions. A historical chapter includes the English origins of the fuging tune and its American heyday. The creative life of Daniel Read is discussed. This thesis contributes to knowledge of Read's role in the develo…
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Date:
May 1987
Creator:
Sims, Scott G.
Partner:
UNT Libraries