Poetic imagery in Vincent Persichetti's "Poems for Piano"
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Title
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Poetic imagery in Vincent Persichetti's "Poems for Piano"
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Identifier
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AAI3169972
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identifier
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3169972
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Creator
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Rho, Hiejae.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Philip Lambert
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Date
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2005
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music
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Abstract
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Persichetti's Poems for Piano are character pieces inspired by poetry. This study shows how these pieces depict specific poetic images in their melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements. Volume I No. 2, "Soft is the Collied Night" (James Elroy Flecker), depicts the darkness of the poetic night and the humorous play of the goldfish, stars and nenuphars, and the pleasant summer night's breeze. Volume I No. 3, "Gather for Festival Bright Weed and Purple Shell" (Hilda Doolittle), celebrates the abundant and diverse colors of nature, including different colors of roses, amusing sand patterns, footprints, the "weaving" of the citron flower, and nostalgic reminiscences. Volume I No. 6, "Whose Thin Fraud I Wink at Privily" (William Watson), is an offbeat comical piece that reflects the poem's multiple personalities and mischievous actions. Volume II No. 7, "And Warm Winds Spilled Fragrance into Her Solitudes" (Edmond Kowalewski), is a dark romantic piece which evokes the poem's sensuous essence and twisted story, along with more specific images such as the sweet silver music, "harrowing solitudes," an imaginary conversation, and "cruel awakening winds." Volume II No. 9, "Sleep, Weary Mind; Dream, Heart's Desire" (Edna St. Vincent Millay), is a painful lullaby that reflects the horrifying wounds of World War II, along with a musical depiction of the imagery of "sleep" and "dream." Volume III No. 15, "And Hung Like those Top Jewels of the Night" (Leonie Adams), is a beautifully haunting piece portraying the poem's doomed love story.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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D.M.A.
