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Degree

Master of Humanities (MHum), Wright State University, Humanities, 2008.

Abstract

During the 20th century, serious composers in the United States increasingly wrote symphonies, and a few of these composers expanded the form with the use of chorus. Three key examples are Marc Blitzstein’s The Airborne Symphony, Peter Mennin’s Symphony No. 4 (“Cycle”), and Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”). Although all three are choral symphonies each composer took a much different approach to the form. The paper will focus on analysis of these three symphonies and examination of their place in the history of the American symphony.

Subject Headings

Music

Keywords

Leonard Bernstein; Marc Blitzstein; Peter Mennin; Choral Symphony

Committee / Advisors

Charles Larkowski, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Christopher Chaffee, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Dennis Loranger, Ph.D. (Committee Member)

Pages

134p.

Document number: wright1229912311
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