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Nature, Heart, Life: The Life and Works of Alma Mahler

dc.contributor.advisorRichardson, Mark Douglas, 1962-
dc.contributor.authorCartrette, Jordan V
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Music
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-14T12:57:11Z
dc.date.available2023-09-14T12:57:11Z
dc.date.created2023-07
dc.date.issued2023-06-19
dc.date.submittedJuly 2023
dc.date.updated2023-09-12T17:51:07Z
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Music
dc.degree.disciplineMM-Theory-Composition
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.degree.nameM.M.
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the early life of Austrian composer Alma Mahler (1879-1964), the conditions of fin-de-siecle Vienna, her perception in academic literature, and her surviving works. Her 1911 set, Funf Lieder, is studied in detail and subjected to brief harmonic analysis. Her compositional practices are compared to her teacher, Alexander Zemlinsky. The first section provides historical context for Alma's early life in Vienna. The arts scene that Mahler's family was so immersed in is discussed along with the Vienna Secession and general attitudes and expectations surrounding women in society. The second section is a biographical portrait of the young Alma Mahler from her birth until her marriage to famed composer and conductor Gustav Mahler. That marriage and its effects on Alma's life and composition are also discussed in some detail, as well as Alma's perception in academia since her death, including the so-called Alma Problem. The final section is a study of Alma as a composer, including descriptions of her compositional style, analysis of her lieder, and an argument for the recognition of her music alongside the works of Zemlinsky and Schoenberg.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/13123
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectAlma Mahler-Werfel
dc.subjectfin-de-siecle
dc.subject.lcshMahler, Alma, 1879-1964
dc.subject.lcshWomen composers
dc.subject.lcshWomen composers--Austria--19th century
dc.subject.lcshMahler, Alma,1879-1964--Funf Lieder
dc.titleNature, Heart, Life: The Life and Works of Alma Mahler
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
dc.type.materialtext

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