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  • Playing with Words
  • Colophon
  • Abstract
  • Research Questions
  • Introduction
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 Prelude
  • 1.1 Origins in the Enlightenment
  • 1.2 Early Signs of Romanticism
  • 2 Romanticism
  • 2.1 Nationalism, Folklore & Fantasy
  • 2.2 Freedom, Idealism & Escapism
  • 2.3 Reflections
  • 2.3.1 Ode on a Grecian Urn
  • 2.3.2 Excerpts from Written in Water
  • 2.3.3 Fall of Hyperion
  • 2.3.4 Ode to Autumn
  • 3 Post-Romanticism: A Search for Realism
  • 3.1 The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood & Symbolism
  • 3.2 Impressionism & Musical Realism
  • 3.3 Reflections
  • 3.3.1 The Illegible Letter
  • 3.3.2 Cyclops
  • 4 Modernism
  • 4.1 Forms of Expressionism
  • 4.2 A Few More -Isms
  • 4.3 Reflections
  • 4.3.1 In a Station of the Metro
  • 4.3.2 Sea Rose
  • 4.3.3 A Very Valentine
  • 4.3.4 Futurist Manifesto
  • 5 Conclusions
  • 6 Postscript
  • 6.1 Consonances & Dissonances
  • 6.2 Cadences
  • 6.3 Regola Dell'Ottava
  • 7 Bibliography
  • anna litvinenko
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  Western art, literature, and music have told many parallel stories throughout the centuries. Living through similar politics, philosophies, and technological advancements, it is no surprise that such links between the arts exist. Now, more than ever, a time when anything can be considered art and anyone an artist, I feel a necessity to understand these connections of the past in order to proceed forward as a musician. Being more and more involved in creating my own music, I thought it an opportune occasion to combine these interest and explore how a research into artistic and literary movements can help me develop my musical language and creativity as an improviser. In this exposition, I have created a narrative that brings together the art, music, and poetry of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Based on my understanding and experience of these artistic and literary movements, I have created improvisations and semi-composed/semi-improvised pieces (some of which I collaboratively worked on with my trio Kalea), attempting to demonstrate how looking to the past can bring inspiration to our contemporary practice.
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