Type of Document Dissertation Author Grundstad Hall, Emily URN etd-11112009-210447 Title All My Pretty Ones by Stephen Paulus; A Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano on a Text by Michael Dennis Browne Degree Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) Department Music Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Bade, Lori Committee Chair Grayson, Robert Committee Member O'Neill, Patricia Committee Member Simms, Loraine Committee Member Ricapito, Joseph Dean's Representative Keywords
- Des Moines Metro Opera
- Libby Larsen
- Minnesota Composers Forum
- Anne Sexton
- Dominick Argento
- Paul Fetler
- Harmoonia
- Writer's Workshop
Date of Defense 2009-10-14 Availability unrestricted Abstract Stephen Paulus (b. 1949) is emerging as one of America’s accomplished composers forthe voice. He is skilled in writing sensitively for the demands of the solo voice and is
becoming known as an important contributor to the genre with approximately 50 art
songs, 12 song cycles as well as 10 operas and 250 choral pieces. This paper will discuss
the song cycle, All My Pretty Ones, for soprano and piano, which was published in 1984
with a text by Michael Dennis Browne. The cycle was Paulus and Browne’s first
collaboration and since its conception the two have continued to work together on operas,
oratorios, and song settings. All My Pretty Ones, consists of eight songs and was
commissioned by a National Endowment for the Arts as a Composer/Librettist
Fellowship.
The written document is composed of five chapters and will introduce Paulus as a prolific
American composer, provide performance considerations, as well as an overview and
interpretation of the song cycle and its poetry. Chapter One provides biographical
information on Stephen Paulus. Chapter Two includes information pertaining to Paulus’
compositional style and inspiration in composing. Chapter Three includes biographical
information on poet, Michael Dennis Browne as well as a comprehensive interpretation
of the eight songs of the cycle. Chapter Four contains a detailed examination of the
musical settings of the eight songs, and finally, Chapter Five will draw conclusions.
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