The Art Songs of Violet Archer: A Performer's Analysis and Perspective on Repertoire for the Mezzo-soprano Voice
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Résumé
This thesis offers an in-depth look at the art song repertoire of Violet Archer by focusing on her compositions for the mezzo-soprano voice and piano. Factors that influenced this distinctive body of music and recognizes the important role that Violet Archer played as a composer in Canada during the twentieth century will be considered. My own introduction to Archer came during my undergraduate studies while taking a course on Canadian music, however until recently I had heard very little of her works performed, programed, or studied, but was drawn to her story of resilience and perseverance to pave her own path as a prominent composer and educator.\n\tThe goal of this research was to explore selected works from this repertoire to look at its suitability for singers at differing levels, taking into consideration musical elements such as harmony, melody, text, and rhythmic setting. This necessitated a literature review to determine how vocal compositions are assessed within the fields of voice pedagogy and performance, and to examine resources that looked at Violet Archer’s music from a compositional standpoint. It also merited interviews conducted with individuals who had worked with Archer directly on some of her vocal compositions. Each song analyzed for this study was assessed according to three levels of difficulty (minimal, moderate, and extensive) resulting in a numeric amount which corresponded to the piece being classified as elementary, intermediate, or advanced. The literature review helped to inform my approach to this repertoire selection and to establish a grid with which to classify these works in order to provide a context for analyses and further discussion on each piece. Repertoire selected included songs and song cycles that have very little or no attention given to them in prior scholarly articles and research. My hope is that a detailed exploration of this selected repertoire will encourage singers and teachers alike to engage in the full breadth of what Violet Archer has to offer us as performers, teachers, and lovers of music.
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Prédiction distillée sur la base complète
Imitation des enseignantsNi prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Apprise à partir de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Gemma. Le mode candidate est l'union des têtes enseignantes seuillées; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont ni des étiquettes humaines ni des étiquettes directes de modèles de pointe.
Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,001 | 0,000 |
| Communication savante | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Science ouverte | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,006 | 0,000 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
machine, non validéePrédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule tête enseignante, pas un consensus.
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