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DARKNESS AND BEAUTY OF STARS:
LOVE SONGS FOR MIXED CHORUS AND WIND ENSEMBLE
by
Mark Joseph Popeney
A Musical Score 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
(COMPOSITION)
AUGUST 2012
Copyright 2012 Mark Joseph Popeney
Text, "AMORES" from COMPLETE POEMS: 1904-1962 by E.E. Cummings, edited by
George J. Firmage, used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation. Copyright
(c) 1923, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948,
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962,
1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981,
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by the Trustees for the E.E.
Cummings Trust. Copyright (c) 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991 by
George James Firmage.
Object Description
| Title | darkness and beauty of stars: love songs for mixed chorus and wind ensemble |
| Author | Popeney, Mark Joseph |
| Author email | mpopeney@gmail.com;popeney@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Musical Arts |
| Document type | Score |
| Degree program | Composition |
| School | Thornton School of Music |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-08-28 |
| Date submitted | 2012-09-09 |
| Date approved | 2012-09-10 |
| Restricted until | 2012-09-10 |
| Date published | 2012-09-10 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hartke, Stephen P. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Crockett, Donald Ticheli, Frank |
| Abstract | This composition, ""darkness and beauty of stars"" is a setting of seven poems of e.e. cummings for mixed chorus and wind ensemble. The poems draw from a collection of eleven, entitled ""Amores"" originally published in cummings' 1923 book Tulips & Chimneys. I set the first six in complete form, while the seventh is presented with some stanzas omitted. I elected not to set poems eight through eleven. The title, darkness and beauty of stars, is drawn from the seventh poem, ""if i believe"" and is evocative of the dual themes of the work - love and death. ❧ The piece is divided into three movements, each containing two or three poems that connect without interruption (I - ""your little voice"" ""in the rain-"" ""there is a"" / II - ""consider O"" as is the sea marvelous"" / III - ""into the smiting"" ""if i believe""). There is a great deal of interconnected musical material between the movements, the most prominent being the brass motive heard at the piece's opening, which is echoed throughout the work. ❧ The composition is scored for a medium- to large-sized mixed chorus and a wind ensemble featuring little doubling of parts (only the flutes and clarinets play as sections). The ensemble is standard, with the two noteworthy members being the contra-alto clarinet in Eb and the piano. |
| Keyword | wind ensemble; chorus; e.e. cummings; amores |
| 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-m |
| Rights | Popeney, Mark Joseph |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-PopeneyMar-1187.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | DARKNESS AND BEAUTY OF STARS: LOVE SONGS FOR MIXED CHORUS AND WIND ENSEMBLE by Mark Joseph Popeney A Musical Score 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 (COMPOSITION) AUGUST 2012 Copyright 2012 Mark Joseph Popeney Text, "AMORES" from COMPLETE POEMS: 1904-1962 by E.E. Cummings, edited by George J. Firmage, used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation. Copyright (c) 1923, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust. Copyright (c) 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991 by George James Firmage. |
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