Publication Date
2014-05-05
Availability
Open access
Embargo Period
2014-05-05
Degree Type
Doctoral Essay
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music Theory and Composition (Music)
Date of Defense
2014-04-04
First Committee Member
Dorothy Hindman
Second Committee Member
Charles N. Mason
Third Committee Member
Juan Chattah
Fourth Committee Member
D. Scott Stinson
Fifth Committee Member
Melissa de Graff
Abstract
An American Evensong (2014), an original choral work composed by the author, was commissioned by Dr. Angela Batey and the University of Tennessee Chamber Singers for their 2015 summer tour to the United Kingdom. The original manuscript, for choir and organ, was written to use for a traditional Anglican Evensong service in various English cathedrals. The work was then adapted into a suite for choir and orchestra, introducing Anglican liturgy to performances in the concert hall. This essay discusses the author’s objectives in the commission, the compositional techniques used in the execution of this objective, and the overall musicological implications of the finished work.
Keywords
Sacred Music; Composition; Evensong; Choir; Organ; Orchestra
Recommended Citation
Pegel, David A., "An American Evensong: The Application of an Anglican Worship Service to a Large-scale Choral Concertpiece" (2014). Open Access Dissertations. 1195.
https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/1195