University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A comparative study of Frank Bridge's character pieces for piano from the 1910s and 1920s and character pieces by his contemporaries Arnold Bax, Cyril Scott, and John Ireland

Ryu, Bora

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Title
A comparative study of Frank Bridge's character pieces for piano from the 1910s and 1920s and character pieces by his contemporaries Arnold Bax, Cyril Scott, and John Ireland
Author(s)
Ryu, Bora
Issue Date
2019
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Tharp, Reynold
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Heiles, William
Committee Member(s)
  • Parisi, Susan
  • Robinson, Dana
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Keyword(s)
  • Frank Bridge
  • character pieces
  • Arnold Bax
  • Cyril Scott
  • John Ireland
  • 1910s and 1920s
  • comparative analysis
  • piano
Language
en
Abstract
This thesis compares character pieces of Frank Bridge (1879-1941) to those of his British contemporaries Arnold Bax (1883-1953), Cyril Scott (1879-1970), and John Ireland (1879-1962). Musical elements examined include motives, chord constructions, harmonic syntax, rhythm and meter changes, form, pedal points, and pianistic writing. These comparisons then serve to facilitate an exploration of how Bridge’s character pieces differ from the early-twentieth-century mainstream. The thesis is in four chapters. The first chapter introduces the study and sets out the methodology employed. The second contains biographical sketches of the composers, and a survey of their musical languages. Chapter 3 comprises a detailed comparative analysis that focuses on the musical elements introduced earlier; and the final chapter summarizes some new findings. This chapter also suggests directions for future study, and comments on the pedagogic use of character pieces of this sort.
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