By Elisenda Fábregas for Soprano and Piano Megan Elizabeth Barrera Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
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Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2014 A Performance Guide to "Five Musings on the Past" by Elisenda Fábregas for Soprano and Piano Megan Elizabeth Barrera Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Barrera, Megan Elizabeth, "A Performance Guide to "Five Musings on the Past" by Elisenda Fábregas for Soprano and Piano" (2014). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3104. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3104 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. A PERFORMANCE GUIDE TO FIVE MUSINGS ON THE PAST BY ELISENDA FÁBREGAS FOR SOPRANO AND PIANO A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical ColleGe in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the deGree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music by Megan Elizabeth Barrera B.M., University of Miami, 2009 M.M., Louisiana State University, 2011 AuGust 2014 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my entire committee for beinG so supportive, especially Ms. Patricia O’Neill for her wealth of knowledGe and perpetual encouraGement. I would also like to thank Elisenda Fábregas for without her I would not have been able to write about this unique work. Finally, I am forever Grateful and indebted to my family. Their love and support have kept me somewhat sane throuGhout this entire deGree process. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................................... ii LIST OF MUSICAL FIGURES .................................................................................................................................. v ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................................. vii INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER 1. ELISENDA FÁBREGAS LIFE AND COMPOSITIONAL STYLE ................................................ 3 BioGraphical Information ......................................................................................................... 3 Compositional Style ................................................................................................................. 10 2. FÁBREGAS’ SOLO VOCAL WORKS ............................................................................................... 16 Five Songs (1986) ..................................................................................................................... 16 Five Poems of García Lorca (1992) .................................................................................... 17 Gacelas de amor (2009) ......................................................................................................... 18 Cinco Soledades (1999/2004) ............................................................................................. 19 Five Musings on the Past (2002) ......................................................................................... 20 Village Scenes (2002/2004) ................................................................................................. 21 Moments of Change (2005) ................................................................................................... 22 Tu i els meus somnis (2007) .................................................................................................. 22 3. FIVE MUSINGS ON THE PAST ....................................................................................................... 23 Discussion of Poems and SonGs, with Performance Suggestions ........................ 23 Five Musings on the Past ......................................................................................................... 23 1st Song “Deseo” ........................................................................................................ 24 2nd Song “Definición” .............................................................................................. 34 3rd Song “El Pasado Perdido” .............................................................................. 43 4th Song “Calor” ......................................................................................................... 50 5th Song “El Sol” ......................................................................................................... 60 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................................... 69 BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................................................................... 70 APPENDIX A. TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND ORIGINAL PHONECTIC TRANSCRIPTION OF FIVE MUSINGS ON THE PAST ........................................................................................................ 72 B. TRANSCRIPTS OF EMAIL INTERVIEWS WITH ELISENDA FÁBREGAS ....................... 78 iii C. TRANSCRIPT OF SKYPE INTERVIEW WITH ELISENDA FÁBREGAS ............................ 84 D. PROGRAM NOTES BY THE COMPOSER .................................................................................... 95 E. DISCOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................................................... 97 F. A COMPLETE LIST OF SOLO VOCAL WORKS .......................................................................... 99 G. LETTERS OF PERMISSION .......................................................................................................... 102 VITA .......................................................................................................................................................................... 104 iv LIST OF MUSICAL FIGURES Figure 1.1. Catalan Ballad. .................................................................................................................................. 11 Figure 1.2. Phrygian Mode ................................................................................................................................. 12 Figure 1.3. Octatonic Scale Modes .................................................................................................................. 13 Figure 3.1. Deseo mm. 1-3 .................................................................................................................................. 26 Figure 3.2. Deseo mm. 4-5. ................................................................................................................................. 27 Figure 3.3. Deseo mm. 9-10 ................................................................................................................................ 27 Figure 3.4. Deseo mm. 14-15. ............................................................................................................................ 28 Figure 3.5. Deseo mm. 13-19 ............................................................................................................................. 29 Figure 3.6. Deseo m. 22 ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Figure 3.7. Deseo mm. 22-26 ............................................................................................................................. 31 Figure 3.8. Deseo mm. 34-42 ............................................................................................................................. 32 Figure 3.9. Definición mm. 1-2. ......................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 3.10. Definición mm. 19-26 .................................................................................................................. 37 Figure 3.11. Definición mm. 37-38. ................................................................................................................. 38 Figure 3.12. Definición mm. 52-53 .................................................................................................................. 38 Figure 3.13. Definición mm. 16-18. ................................................................................................................. 39 Figure 3.14. Definición mm. 47-57 .................................................................................................................. 40 Figure 3.15. Definición mm. 66-69 .................................................................................................................. 41 Figure 3.16a. El Pasado Perdido mm. 1-2. ................................................................................................... 45 Figure 3.16b. La Luna Negra mm 1-3. ........................................................................................................... 45 Figure 3.17. El Pasado Perdido mm. 6-9………….........................................................................................46