Date of Award
Spring 5-2009
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music
Committee Chair
Lois Leventhal
Committee Chair Department
Music
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to present the solo piano music of the American composer Jerry Sieg, whose output includes works for orchestra, voice, opera, chorus, and numerous compositions for solo instruments.
It opens with the biography of the composer, including information concerning bis musical training, followed by a brief survey of his solo piano works. A discussion of his compositional style in his Five Miniatures for Piano, written in 1994 for the American pianist Marian Lee, is also included in this work. The analysis of the Five Miniatures for Piano in Chapter IV presents a detailed analysis of the various musical aspects of the composition, such as melody, counterpoint, harmony, rhythm, texture and form. A complete catalogue of Sieg's works is found in Appendix A. ii
Copyright
2009, Nuria Mariela Rojas
Recommended Citation
Royas, Nuria Mariela, "The Music of Jerry Sieg: A Descriptive Catalogue of His Piano Music and an Analysis of the Five Miniatures for Piano" (2009). Dissertations. 1000.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1000
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