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Characteristics of Edward Elgar's late style.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Characteristics of Edward Elgar's late style./
Author:	Colton, Andrew.
Description:	1 online resource (156 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 57-05, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International57-05A.
Subject:	Music. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9536699click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798209284468

Characteristics of Edward Elgar's late style.
Colton, Andrew.

Characteristics of Edward Elgar's late style. - 1 online resource (156 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 57-05, Section: A.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references

Despite efforts by scholars to define Edward Elgar's style, little study has been made of the changing aspects of his music. In particular, the late works have been neglected, both by historians and performers. This document will distinguish the characteristics peculiar to Elgar's late music, features that may reflect the effects of various events in the composer's life. The most significant works of this period (1918-34) are the Violin Sonata, op. 82, the String Quartet, op. 83, the Piano Quintet, op. 84, the Violoncello Concerto, op. 85, the Nursery Suite and sketches for the (incomplete) Third Symphony. These works exhibit new harmonic elements, including a heightened use of modal-inflected progressions, an enriched use of non-dominant seventh chords and augmented sonorities, and long passages of harmonic stasis. Also, material of pure diatonicism, so prevalent in the music before 1918, becomes much rarer, and when it does appear at all, often accentuates the minor sonorities, giving the music a darker hue. Related to this diminishing use of pure diatonicism is a decrease in Elgar's formerly conspicuous use of dramatic contrast for architectural and extra-musical purposes. Thematic material in Elgar's late works is often created in short, almost breathless paragraphs and features marked use of repetition. Elgar used repetition (through sequence and other techniques) frequently in his music, but in his late works he used it to create passages of obsessive, almost crushing persistence. The first chapter of this document provides an overview of Elgar's life and work, describing the events that may have influenced these stylistic alterations. The second chapter outlines the characteristics of Elgar's style in his music to 1918, providing a basis for an examination of the late music. An analysis of the late works comprises the third chapter. In the final chapter, an explanation for the neglect of the late music is offered, providing an approach by which these works can be better understood and appreciated.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798209284468Subjects--Topical Terms:

516178
Music.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Elgar, EdwardIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

Characteristics of Edward Elgar's late style.
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