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Type of Document Dissertation Author Smith, Kevin Doyle Author's Email Address ksmit43@lsu.edu URN etd-06032004-215359 Title The Style of Meditation: A Conductor's Analysis of Selected Motets by Rihards Dubra Degree Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) Department Music Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Kenneth Fulton Committee Chair Lori Bade Committee Member Sara Lynn Baird Committee Member William Grimes Committee Member David Madden Dean's Representative Keywords
- holy minimalism
- Rihards Dubra
- Latvian choral music
- Baltic choral music
Date of Defense 2004-04-27 Availability unrestricted Abstract Born in Riga, the capital of Latvia, on February 28, 1964, Rihards Dubra is one ofthe emerging composers of the great Baltic choral tradition. The scope of this research is
to provide an introduction to the Latvian composer's music and a conductor's analysis of
selected Latin motets. Works to be examined include:
Salve Regina (1992) SSAATTBB
Gloria patri (1992) SSAATTBB
Oculus non vidit (1993) SSATTB
Ave Maria (1994) SSAATTB
Veni sancte Spiritus (1994) SATB
Rorate caeli (1996) SSAATB (with ST soli)
Veni Creator Spiritus (1998) SATB
Magnificat (2000) SSATB
The research is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is entitled, "The
Influence of Tradition," and will briefly explore the influences on Dubra's style including
Latvian folk music, early music, and the music of the Holy Minimalists (John Tavener,
Henryk Gorecki, and Arvo Pärt). This chapter will also provide important working
definitions for terms that will be used in chapter three; these terms include minimalism,
holy minimalism, drone, ostinati, etc. Chapter Two is entitled, "Rihards Dubra: The Man
and His Music," and will contain biographical, repertoire, and stylistic information. The
final chapter, "The Style of Meditation: A Conductor's Analysis of Selected Latin
Motets," will analyze the previously mentioned a cappella motets with consideration
given to style, techniques, and pedagogy.
Rihards Dubra's music can be classified in many ways, Neo-Medievalism, Holy
Minimalism, or by his own words "the style of meditation." It is not by astoundingly
well spun melodic lines or amazingly complex harmonic structures that Dubra's music is
propelled, it is in the simple juxtaposition and superimposition of motives, carefully
planned repetition with subtle changes, masses of chordal sound supported by long
pedals, the fascinating yet basic rhythm of speech, and the beauty of the human voice that
breathes life into Dubra's music.
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