Date of Award
Summer 8-2013
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music
Committee Chair
Catherine Rand
Committee Chair Department
Music
Committee Member 2
Mohamad Schuman
Committee Member 2 Department
Music
Committee Member 3
James Standland
Committee Member 4
Daniel Beard
Committee Member 5
Christopher Goertzen
Abstract
The purpose of this document is to provide analysis for interpretation of and rehearsal suggestions for Jonathan Newman’s Symphony No. 1: My Hands Are a City (2009). This document serves as the first significant scholarly work on the entire composition and is intended to be a resource for musicians seeking to gain information about the work. Included in the document is a biography of Jonathan Newman, as well as history concerning the commissioning of Symphony No. 1, a formal analysis of the work, and insight to conducting concerns. Information was gathered through formal interviews with Jonathan Newman, Jeff Gershman (Associate Director of Bands at Indiana University, and consortium head), review of literature from the Beat Generation, and communication with conductors who have rehearsed and performed the composition in part or in full.
Copyright
2013, Joseph Corey Francis
Recommended Citation
Francis, Joseph Corey, "Performing Jonathan Newman's "Symphony No. 1: My Hands Are A City"" (2013). Dissertations. 374.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/374