The Resurrexit from Hector Berlioz's Messe solennelle (1825): A Case Study in Self-Borrowing Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title The Resurrexit from Hector Berlioz's Messe solennelle (1825): A Case Study in Self-Borrowing

Creator

  • Author: Gill, Sarah M.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Brothers, Lester
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Cooper, J. Michael
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor
  • Committee Member: Collins, Michael
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Winsor, Phil, 1938-2012
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1999-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Hector Berlioz's Messe solennelle, his first publicly performed work, was important to his establishment in Paris as a composer. Although he later destroyed the Mass, he reused parts of the Resurrexit movement in three of his later works: Benvenuto Cellini (1836), the Grand messe des morts (1837), and the Te Deum (1849). This study examines the Resurrexit and its subsequent borrowings. In each instance that Berlioz borrowed from the Resurrexit, he extracted large sections and placed them in the context of later works. Each time that borrowing occurred, Berlioz constructed the surrounding music so that portions from the Resurrexit would fit stylistically and a seamlessly into the texture. In each borrowing, he left the melody unaltered, changing harmony and orchestration instead. This pattern of borrowing demonstrates that Berlioz developed his concept of melody early in his career, and that his method of self-borrowing was consistent in each subsequent use of the Resurrexit.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Messe solennelle. Resurrexit.
  • Keyword: Resurrexit.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Gill, Sarah M.
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 47043942
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2297045
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc2249

Degree

  • Degree Name: Master of Music
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Discipline: Musicology
  • Academic Department: College of Music
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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