Degree Name
Master of Music
Graduate Program
Music
Advisor
Davenport, Susan.
Abstract
This research paper is centered around composers that were silenced, either socially or politically. The pieces chosen were presented in a masters conducting recital presented on February 21, 2025, and were performed in the order listed in the paper. Each chapter contains a composer biography, musical analysis, rehearsal considerations, and a review of recordings. The goal of this research is to aid conductors who wish to perform any of these works. The works featured in this research are discussed as follows:
William Byrd: “Ave verum corpus” from Gradualia Book I
Michael Haydn: Salve Regina in A, MH 634
Clara Wieck Schumann: “Ich stand in dunklen Träumen” from Sechs Lieder, Op. 13, No. 1
Joseph Rheinberger: Stabat Mater, Op. 138
Dmitri Shostakovich: Десять поэм на слова революционных поэтов (Ten poems on words by revolutionary poets), Соч. 88, I and IV
Evan Williams: Children of the Moon
Gustav Ernesaks: Mu isamaa on minu arm