Graduate Recital in Voice

Author

Nicolle Foland, University of Northern Iowa

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• 01 Handel - Piangero - Nicolle Foland Recital, 1993
• 02 Barber - Hermit Songs - Nicolle Foland Recital, 1993 [clip; UNI access only]
• 03 Duparc - L'invitation au voyage - Nicolle Foland Recital, 1993
• 04 Szulc - Claire de Lune - Nicolle Foland Recital, 1993
• 05 Liszt - O Quand je dors - Nicolle Foland Recital, 1993
• 06 Marx - Und gestern hat er mir Rosen gebracht - Nicolle Foland Recital, 1993
• 07 Strauss - Czardas - Nicolle Foland Recital, 1993

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Open Access Thesis

Keywords

Songs (High voice) with piano; Audiocassettes;

Abstract

This recital was performed on March 30, 1993 and consisted of two arias and three sets of music. The following is an abstract of the music in the order of the program. 1 "Piangero la sorte mia" is a da capo aria which occurs in the third act of Giulio Cesare by Handel. With her troops defeated, herself captured and thrown into chains by her gloating enemy Tolomeo, and her lover reported dead, Cleopatra sings a lament. There is no one to help her and she bewails her fate, adding that her ghost will haunt Tolomeo. Handel chooses a major key--E major, associated with Cleopatra--and a melody and accompaniment which are beautifully simple to express her sorrow. The varied rising intervals--a third, a fourth, a fifth, and an octave--lead with artistic simplicity to the cadence at the end of the A section. The B section, in which Cleopatra promises to haunt Tolomeo beyond the grave, brings a change to 4/4 meter from 3/8 meter, a much denser texture, a faster tempo, and a change of key to c-sharp minor. 1 Its dramatic coloratura makes more poignant the return to the pathos of the da capo. The judicious choice of ornaments and vocal color changes for the da capo express the dramatic depth of Cleopatra's lament and help to prevent the possible dramatic superficiality for which the da capo aria has been criticized. This aria is among Handel's finest and most beautiful.

Year of Submission

1993

Degree Name

Master of Music

Department

School of Music

First Advisor

David Smalley

Second Advisor

Bruce Chamberlain

Third Advisor

Ronald Ross

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Date Original

1993

Object Description

1 PDF file (12 leaves)

Copyright

©1993 Nicolle Foland

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Foland, Nicolle, "Graduate Recital in Voice" (1993). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2639.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2639