Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": An analysis and historical perspective

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dc.contributor.advisorMeconi, Honeyen_US
dc.creatorMelton, Lauraen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:19:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:19:04Zen_US
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.description.abstractFrederic Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated! is a compositional tour-de-force that successfully combines a lengthy series of opposite forces uniting musical trends of both the past and the present. This duality extends to the social and political context of the work as well as its position in the history of keyboard music. Through his highly-organized structural plan, Rzewski achieves a pianistic masterpiece that successfully straddles the fence between the academic high-art of atonality and the more accessible realm of tonality. Despite all the differing influences and styles integrated within the work, Rzewski manages to maintain a certain unity through the lengthy piece, producing a landmark in the history of variation form.en_US
dc.format.extent104 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS MUSIC 1998 MELTONen_US
dc.identifier.citationMelton, Laura. "Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": An analysis and historical perspective." (1998) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19291">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19291</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/19291en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectMusicen_US
dc.titleFrederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": An analysis and historical perspectiveen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMusicen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Musical Artsen_US
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