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

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