Part I: Mass for Full Orchestra and SATB Chorus Part II: Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832): An Analysis of Music and Methods

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Main Author:	Doerfler, Amy M.
Language:	English
Published:	Kent State University / OhioLINK 2011
Subjects:	Music Mass Joseph Funk Genuine Church Music shape note nineteenth-century tunebook singing school Harmonia Sacra early American music pedagogy
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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-kent13105849982021-08-03T05:37:44Z Part I: Mass for Full Orchestra and SATB Chorus Part II: Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832): An Analysis of Music and Methods Doerfler, Amy M. Music Mass Joseph Funk Genuine Church Music shape note nineteenth-century tunebook singing school Harmonia Sacra early American music pedagogy <p>Part One of this dissertation is a twenty-four-minute piece, Mass for Full Orchestra and SATB chorus. The first movement of the Mass, Kyrie, is a previously-composed work from 2003. The remaining four movements (Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei) comprise the composition portion of the dissertation. The main harmonic language is predominantly tonal, and the material for the four movements is derived from a major scale with a lowered sixth and seventh scale-degrees. The number three (to represent the Trinity) is important in all five movements. The Gloria begins with an outline of the scale representing the harmonic language of the piece in a soprano solo. The soprano soloist marks crucial structural changes in the ABA¹ form. The Credo is characterized by its drone, whether in the orchestra or the voices. It takes on a rondo form, with A material occurring three times, and moves from sparse, atmospheric textures to thick, homophonic orchestration. The two-part (AB) Sanctus possesses a melismatic opening with undulating stepwise material. The B section is syllabic and the climatic point of entire piece occurs at its end, using the thickest orchestral voicings of the entire Mass. Its structure is derived from the symbolic tri-fold restatement of various lines of text. The Agnus Dei functions to release the energy from the end of the Sanctus and to bring the Mass to its conclusion in its cyclical reworking of previous motives and the Kyrie material. The movement is also in two parts, AB. The opening A section is derived from the main scale of the piece, and tri-fold statements of “Agnus Dei” and “Miserere” overlap. When the B section begins with the Kyrie material returning in its “Dona nobis pacem” setting, it is faster and voiced slightly thinner to contribute to a sense of contented completion that contrasts with the heaviness of the Kyrie. The Mass is scored for tripled woodwinds, brass, 3 percussion, harp, piano, SATB chorus and strings.</p><p>Part two of this dissertation examines Joseph Funk’s early-American tunebook, A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832), from three main angles. First, the main points from the lengthy theoretical treatise found in the hymnal’s opening pages are presented and later compared with Funk’s compiled music. Second, the hymnal’s music is categorized into five separate types of religious music: the early-American anthem, fuging tune and folk hymn as well as the traditional, European-style German chorale and homophonic hymn/psalm tune. Numerous examples of each category of music are provided and discussed in detail. The manner in which Funk superimposed his folk-like compositional voice on the European-oriented pieces is also shown. Last, by placing the hymnal in its historical context and comparing it to its closest competitors, the study seeks to show that Genuine Church Music is one of the most thoughtfully prepared tunebooks of its time. Its thorough presentation of music theory supports the uncharacteristically vast amount of music it contains. Several appendices are included in which all 268 tunes are categorized by meter, classification and composer, author, key/mode and/or modulation, time signature and number of stanzas.</p> 2011-07-14 English text Kent State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1310584998 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1310584998 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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title	Part I: Mass for Full Orchestra and SATB Chorus Part II: Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832): An Analysis of Music and Methods
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Part I: Mass for Full Orchestra and SATB Chorus Part II: Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832): An Analysis of Music and Methods

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