Date of Award

5-1-1999

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Music (MMUS)

Department

Music

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a formal structural approach to the Cello Concerto, Op. 107, of Dmitri Shostakovich. Each of the four movements of the work are examined structurally, with some attention given the theoretical crafting. The Shostakovich Cello Concerto is a unique blending of structures and theoretical techniques. His style of composition is inconsistent and difficult to analyze and label using just one theoretical approach. It is only through a combination of theoretical concepts that any understanding of the Concerto can be achieved.

Comments

A Thesis Equivalent Project Presented to the Department of Music and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Music University of Nebraska at Omaha. Copyright 1990 Dr. Karen A. Bates-Crouch.

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