The Choral Music of Twentieth-Century Women Composers: Elisabeth Lutyens, Elizabeth Maconchy and Thea Musgrave

236 Pages·2005·3.56 MB·English

by  Catherine Roma

The Choral Music of Twentieth
Century Women Composers
Elisabeth Lutyens, Elizabeth Maconchy,
and Thea Musgrave
Catherine Roma
The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Lanham, Maryland· Toronto· Oxford
2006
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Roma, Catherine.
The choral music of twentieth-century women composers: Elisabeth Lutyens,
Elizabeth Maconchy, and Thea Musgrave / Catherine Roma.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-81 08-5029-X (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Choral music--Great Britain--20th century. 2. Lutyens, Elisabeth, 1906-
Choral music. 3. Maconchy, Elizabeth, 1907-Choral music. 4. Musgrave,
Thea. Choral music. 5. Music by women composers--Great Britain--20th
century--History and criticism. I. Title.
MLl506.R66 2005
782.5'092'241--dc22 2005018758
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Figures
2.1. Motet, mm. 1-15, using an integer model of pitch 30
2.2. Trichord and tetrachord relationships to the row 36
2.3. "Country of the Stars," mm. 1-7, using an integer model of pitch 45
2.4. Prime form combinations oftrichords (0, 1,4), (0, 3, 4), and (0,4, 8) 46
2.5. Valid prime form combinations by n-chord 47
2.6. Lutyens' favored (n + 1) path in "Country of the Stars" 47
2.7. The (0, 1,4) + (0, 4, 8) path 47
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