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Laments for a Modern World: Exploring the pathetic capabilities of 17th-century Laments (2023)

Ai Horton
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This thesis investigates the pathetic capabilities of the 17th-century vocal Lament. After first establishing an overview of the social and cultural conventions that influenced compositional choices, fourteen historic Laments from western Europe are analyzed to determine how they are able to evoke the feeling of grief. These pathetic elements are then applied to the composition of four new Laments for a Modern World, which couple 17th-century compositional techniques with newly commissioned texts that amplify stories including miscarriage, race-relations, displacement from one's homeland, and mental health.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsKonCon, Early Music research, Monteverdi, Aesthetics and Culture Discourse, Pathos, Laments, Early music, Singing, Composition, 17th century, seventeenth century
date07/12/2021
published11/05/2023
last modified11/05/2023
statuspublished
share statusprivate
copyrightAi Horton
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1377562/1791045
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue1. Master Research Projects


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