Date of Award
2013
Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Liberal Studies
Advisor(s)
Daniel Crozier
Second Advisor
Steve Phelan
Abstract
Mary in Three Movements is an imagined account of how Mary might have felt and observed her experiences through the three most important events of both Christian and human existence, the conception, the birth, and finally the death of her son. I have attempted to remain true to the biblical Marian references which primarily speak to Mary as a young woman in a first century patriarchal Roman Jewish society. Therefore, I have taken these three events and put them to verse for mezzo-soprano with piano accompaniment. The accompanying paper outlines both the historical and musical context in which this project was framed as well as a brief analysis of the harmonic and textual structure.
Recommended Citation
Accola,, John E. Jr, "Mary in Three Movements" (2013). Master of Liberal Studies Theses. 41.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/mls/41
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