Publication Date
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Christopher Chaffee (Committee Member), Charles Larkowski (Committee Chair), Dennis Loranger (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Humanities (MHum)
Abstract
During the 20th century, serious composers in the United States increasingly wrote symphonies, and a few of these composers expanded the form with the use of chorus. Three key examples are Marc Blitzstein's The Airborne Symphony, Peter Mennin's Symphony No. 4 ("Cycle"), and Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish"). Although all three are choral symphonies each composer took a much different approach to the form. The paper will focus on analysis of these three symphonies and examination of their place in the history of the American symphony.
Page Count
134
Department or Program
Humanities
Year Degree Awarded
2008
Copyright
Copyright 2008, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
