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The Hymn as a Musical Topic in the Age of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven

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Scholars frequently use the term œhymn-like to describe passages of instrumental music but the precise meaning of the term remains elusive. This dissertation examines, through the lens of topic theory, the characteristics, origins, and communicative potential of such passages in the music of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. I define...

Keyword:

music analysis, musical meaning, spirituality, aesthetics, topic theory, and eigtheenth-century music

Subject:

Music

Creator:

Olga Sanchez-Kisielewska

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

10/08/2019

Date Modified:

11/20/2019

Date Created:

2018-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation