Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Garcia, Federico Author's Email Address feg8@pitt.edu URN etd-04222003-105558 Title An Anatomy of the World for voice and six instrumentalists, on texts by John Donne Degree Master of Arts Program Music School School of Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Eric Moe Committee Chair Mathew Rosenblum Committee Member Roger Zahab Committee Member Keywords
- John Donne
- text
- Composition
Date of Defense 2003-04-18 Availability unrestricted Abstract The musical piece An Anatomy of the World, on texts extracted from John Donne’s First Anniversary(1611), is discussed in this accompanying essay, with an emphasis on technical-analytical
terms, but also with a history of its composition. The choice of the text and a variety of compositional
issues and concerns, link the analysis of An Anatomy to the previous musical output of the
author, such as the expansion of a primordial melody into a complete piece, and the handling of
duration-proportions between sections following concepts like the Golden Section.
The analysis follows chronologically the unfolding of the piece, and is divided into two main
sections, according to two enunciations of the text by the singer. Important melodies, contrapuntal
sections, and other sources of musical material and discourse, are quoted as figures to point out
relevant details, while always keeping a constant and consistent reference to the actual score of
the piece. General threads developing throughout the piece are identified and characterized, and
the relationship between the text and the music, not always obvious, is addressed from several
standpoints.
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