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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC THE ORIGIN AND PERFORMANCE HISTORY OF CARL MARIA VON WEBER’S DAS WALDMÄDCHEN (1800) By BAMA LUTES DEAL A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2005 Copyright © 2005 Bama Lutes Deal All Rights Reserved The members of the committee approve the dissertation of Bama Lutes Deal defended on 1 April 2005. ___________________________________ Douglass Seaton Professor Directing Dissertation ___________________________________ Douglas Fisher Outside Committee Member ___________________________________ Charles Brewer Committee Member ___________________________________ Jeffery Kite-Powell Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii To my parents iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful for the education and encouragement I received from the faculty and administration of The Florida State University College of Music, and for the love, patience, and support of my dear family, colleagues, and friends. Collectively, their words and deeds contributed greatly to this document and helped me grow as a scholar and a musician. I thank my dissertation advisor, Douglass Seaton, for his uncompromising principles and many examples of scholarly work. I have benefited from his insistence on carefully organized writing and clear logic. The members of my committee also provided thorough editorial guidance as I prepared this document.