An Analysis and Performance Manual of John Musto's Chamber Music for Baritone: River Songs (2002) and the Brief Light (2010) Item Type text; Electronic Dissertation Authors Guenther, Gregory Patrick Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 28/09/2021 03:49:35 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595632 AN ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE MANUAL OF JOHN MUSTO’S CHAMBER MUSIC FOR BARITONE: RIVER SONGS (2002) AND THE BRIEF LIGHT (2010) by Gregory Patrick Guenther _______________________ Copyright © Gregory Patrick Guenther 2015 A Document Submitted to the Faculty of the SCHOOL OF MUSIC In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2015 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Document Committee, we certify that we have read the document prepared by Gregory Guenther entitled An Analysis and Performance Manual of John Musto’s Chamber Music for Baritone: River Songs (2002) and The Brief Light (2010) and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the document requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts. _______________________________________________________Date: 12/3/2015 Kristin Dauphinais _______________________________________________________Date: 12/3/2015 William Andrew Stuckey _______________________________________________________Date: 12/3/2015 Jay Rosenblatt Final approval and acceptance of this document is contingent upon the candidate’s submission of the final copies of the document to the Graduate College. 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In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author. SIGNED: Gregory Patrick Guenther 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................. 6 LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................. 7 LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES ..................................................................................... 8 ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................... 12 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 13 A. Biography of John Musto ......................................................................................... 13 B. Previous Literature for Voice ................................................................................... 15 C. Statement of Thesis .................................................................................................. 16 CHAPTER II: RIVER SONGS ........................................................................................... 17 A. “Songs to the Trees and Streams” ........................................................................... 17 1. A Brief Introduction to the Song Cycle River Songs ....................................... 17 2. Poetic and Structural Analysis ........................................................................... 19 3. Synthesis for Performance ................................................................................. 25 B. “Ask Me” ................................................................................................................ 28 1. Poetic and Structural Analysis ......................................................................... 28 2. Synthesis for Performance ................................................................................ 39 C. “Quo Vadis” ............................................................................................................ 44 1. Poetic and Structural Analysis .......................................................................... 44 2. Synthesis for Performance ................................................................................ 47 D. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” ..................................................................................... 50 1. Poetic and Structural Analysis .......................................................................... 50 2. Synthesis for Performance ................................................................................ 58 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS -- continued CHAPTER III: THE BRIEF LIGHT ................................................................................. 61 A. “When You Danced” ............................................................................................... 61 1. A Brief Introduction to James Laughlin and the Song Cycle The Brief Light ... 61 2. Poetic and Structural Analysis ........................................................................... 64 3. Synthesis for Performance ................................................................................. 72 B. “Song” ..................................................................................................................... 73 1. Poetic and Structural Analysis ........................................................................... 73 2. Synthesis for Performance ................................................................................. 77 C. “The Voices” ........................................................................................................... 80 1. Poetic and Structural Analysis ........................................................................... 80 2. Synthesis for Performance ................................................................................. 87 D. “The Brief Light” .................................................................................................... 88 1. Poetic and Structural Analysis ........................................................................... 88 2. Synthesis for Performance ................................................................................. 93 E. “The Summons” ...................................................................................................... 95 1. Poetic and Structural Analysis ........................................................................... 95 2. Synthesis for Performance ............................................................................... 102 F. “I Have Drifted” .................................................................................................... 104 1. Poetic and Structural Analysis ......................................................................... 104 2. Synthesis for Performance ............................................................................... 108 CHAPTER IV: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ...................................................... 110 APPENDIX A: TRANSCRIPTION OF INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MUSTO ............ 111 APPENDIX B: INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS HUMAN SUBJECT APPROVAL DOCUMENTS ................................................................ 125 REFERENCES: .............................................................................................................. 133 6 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Pawnee, “Songs to the Trees and Streams” ............................................... 20 Table 2: William Stafford, “Ask Me” ..................................................................... 29 Table 3: William Stafford, “Quo Vadis” ................................................................ 44 Table 4: John Musto’s selections of text from Walt Whitman’s, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” ....................................................................... 51 Table 5: James Laughlin, “When You Danced.” 1994. Copyright by Moyer Bell . 65 Table 6: James Laughlin, “Song.” 1994. Copyright by Moyer Bell ........................ 74 Table 7: James Laughlin, “The Voices.” 1994. Copyright by Moyer Bell ............. 81 Table 8: James Laughlin, “Occidit brevis lux.” 1994. Copyright by Moyer Bell ... 89 Table 9: James Laughlin, “The Summons.” 1994. Copyright by Moyer Bell ......... 96 Table 10: James Laughlin, “I Have Drifted.” 1994. Copyright by Moyer Bell ...... 104 7 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 6.1: C Minor Blues Scale and Enharmonic C Minor Blues Scale .................... 74 Figure 6.2: E Phrygian Scale ........................................................................................ 80 8 LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES Musical Example 1.1: Musto, River