Date of Award
Spring 2020
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
School
Music
Committee Chair
Dr. J. Taylor Hightower
Committee Chair School
Music
Committee Member 2
Dr. Joseph Brumbeloe
Committee Member 2 School
Music
Committee Member 3
Dr. Kimberley Davis
Committee Member 3 School
Music
Committee Member 4
Dr. Edward Hafer
Committee Member 4 School
Music
Committee Member 5
Dr. Jonathan Yarrington
Committee Member 5 School
Music
Abstract
Keith Gates’s song cycle, The Barren One is based on Federico Garcia Lorca’s play Yerma. Originally, Gates had planned to write an opera based on Yerma, but after a religious awakening, he decided to abandon the project. Instead, he took the music originally written for the opera and combined it with songs using Lorca’s poetry to create a song cycle. The knowledge of Gates’s operatic intentions as well as knowledge about the play should be considered when performing this work. This is because the song cycle is a miniature version of the opera and should be performed as such.
Copyright
Analynn Sober, 2020
Recommended Citation
Sober, Analynn, "A Performance Guide to Keith Gates's Song Cycle, The Barren One" (2020). Dissertations. 1758.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1758