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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI AND HIS
STABAT MATER
by
Kuan-Fen Liu
A Treatise Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS
(CHORAL MUSIC)
December 2010
Copyright 2010 Kuan-Fen Liu
Object Description
| Title | Karol Szymanowski and his Stabat Mater |
| Author | Liu, Kuan-Fen |
| Author email | choraldances@yahoo.com; downbeatplus@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Musical Arts |
| Document type | Treatise |
| Degree program | Choral Music |
| School | Thornton School of Music |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-12-10 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Scheibe, Jo-Michael |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Strimple, Nick Grases, Cristian |
| Abstract | Karol Szymanowski is one of the more influential composers of the twentieth-century. In Poland, he is called the father of Polish contemporary music. His music has influenced many subsequent Polish composers. The intent of this treatise is to highlight the composer’s biography, acknowledge his musical influences, and to discuss his compositions with a detailed analysis on his choral orchestral composition, Stabat Mater.; Stabat Mater was a commission from a Warsaw businessman Bronislaw Krystall in memory of his wife Isabella. It was composed in 1925 and 1926. It is scored for soprano, alto and baritone solo, SATB choir and orchestra. Szymanowski chose Jozef Janowski’s (1865-1935) Polish translation of the Stabat Mater as the text. The work is approximately twenty-six minutes long and is divided into six different movements.; The world premiere of Stabat Mater took place on 11 January 1929 with the Warsaw Philharmonic, without the composer being present, as he was ill. The soloists were Stanisława Korwin-Szymanowska (the composer's sister), Halina Leska and Eugeniusz Mossakowski, and Grzegorz Fitelberg conducted. Many critics hailed the piece as Szymanowski's greatest work. The composer himself spoke of Stabat Mater as a work in which the expression of his creativity had fully crystallized.; Chapter One of the treatise will discuss the composer’s family background, childhood, and his young adulthood as a member of the Young Poland in Music. This chapter will also discuss his musical styles, influences, and will provide a survey of his compositional output.; Chapter Two will focus on a discussion and analysis of his Stabat Mater. Included in this chapter is a discussion of the genesis of the Stabat Mater, the relationship of the music to the text, and the orchestration and it’s influence on the music. In addition, this chapter will provide a detailed movement by moment analysis including musical Figures.; Chapter Three will examine the proposed rehearsal techniques and acknowledge the performance challenges and suggest potential solutions. Score preparation and conducting issues will also be discussed in this chapter. |
| Keyword | choral music; choral orchestral; Polish; contemporary; Stabat Mater; Symanowski |
| Geographic subject (country) | Poland |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3586 |
| Rights | Liu, Kuan-Fen |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Liu-4194 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Liu-4194.pdf |
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| Full text | KAROL SZYMANOWSKI AND HIS STABAT MATER by Kuan-Fen Liu A Treatise Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS (CHORAL MUSIC) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Kuan-Fen Liu |
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