Dissertation
The Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 67 by Amy Beach: An historical and analytical investigation
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2001
Abstract
The purpose of this dissertation is to reintroduce a major chamber work by one of America's foremost composers and provide a detailed analysis and contextual look at the personal, social and musical climate surrounding the piece's conception. Beach's Piano Quintet (completed in 1907 and published in 1909) was written after the Violin Sonata (1896) and before the Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet (1916), Quartet for Strings in One Movement (1929) and Piano Trio (1938), and remains Beach's largest chamber work with piano. Conceived as a chamber piano concerto, Beach was the pianist for the American (1908) and European (1913) premieres.
This dissertation is divided into seven sections: (1) a discussion of the need for the study, a review of related literature, a biographical sketch of the life of Amy Beach, and a discussion of Amy Beach as a pedagogue; (2) the cultural atmosphere surrounding women composers in America at the time of this piece's conception, along with a brief history of music in New England and the Second New England School; (3) a brief outline of the Quintet's place in the history of piano quintets, a survey of the Quintet's connection to the Brahms Piano Quintet, and a discussion of Beach's revisions to the manuscript; (4) a formal outline and analysis of movement one; (5) a formal outline and analysis of movement two; (6) a formal outline and analysis of movement three; and, (7) a summary of research findings and recommendations for further research. The analysis chapters of this dissertation contain a detailed study of Beach's use of form, texture, harmony, melody and rhythm.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 67 by Amy Beach: An historical and analytical investigation
- Creators
- Tammie Leigh Walker - University of Iowa, Music
- Contributors
- Heidi Von Gunden (Advisor)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Degree in
- Music
- Number of pages
- xvii, 167 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2001 by Tammie Leigh Walker
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 9984124377202771
- Academic Unit
- Graduate College
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