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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC BRAHMS’S LATE SPIRITUALITY: HOPE IN THE VIER ERNSTE GESÄNGE, OP. 121 By LUCY CHURCH A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2011 The members of the committee approve the thesis of Lucy Church defended on April 4, 2011. ______________________________ Douglass Seaton Professor Directing Thesis ______________________________ Denise Von Glahn Committee Member ______________________________ Michael Buchler Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members. ii For Christ and His Kingdom iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would first like to thank my committee members Denise Von Glahn and Michael Buchler for their deep thought, their helpful comments, and the sacrifice of their time. The input they provided as scholars and fellow Brahms-lovers propelled me to achieve the best possible product. I would like to thank my committee chair and advisor Douglass Seaton for his exceptional dedication to my success. I am consistently overwhelmed by his willingness to give of his time and effort that I might achieve excellence. This thesis is a product of his invaluable guidance. I could not have survived the past two years without the support of a wonderful church. St. Peter’s Anglican Church has welcomed me warmly and kept me in a constant stream of prayer.