A pedagogical guide to selected songs by Charles Ives for undergraduates

Sepúlveda Rodriguez, Ricardo

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Description

Title

A pedagogical guide to selected songs by Charles Ives for undergraduates

Author(s)

Sepúlveda Rodriguez, Ricardo

Issue Date

2019

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Magee, Gayle Sherwood

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Magee, Gayle Sherwood

Committee Member(s)

• Gunn, Nathan
• Redman, Yvonne
• Johnson, Aaron M.

Department of Study

School of Music

Discipline

Music

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

A.Mus.D. (doctoral)

Keyword(s)

• Ives
• pedagogy
• songs
• undergraduates
• American
• modernist
• experimental
• art

Language

en

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to introduce selected songs by Charles Ives (1874-1954) from a pedagogical perspective, analyzing the songs based on the identifiable technical and aesthetic challenges they present to the student and teacher of voice. I chose to focus on Ives’s songs because, in my experience as a vocal and opera instructor, I have noticed that works by American modernist and contemporary composers are not generally part of the standard repertoire taught to undergraduates in most voice studios. The literature available on Ives’s songs tends to focus on theoretical analysis and historical background, but not on pedagogy for undergraduates: in fact, there has never been an in-depth study of all of Ives’s songs from a pedagogical perspective (McAllister, 2012). My goal is to offer pedagogical materials that can be a starting point for teachers and students of voice at the undergraduate level, to gain exposure to vocal works by Charles Ives.

Type of Resource

text

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Copyright 2019 Ricardo Sepulveda Rodriguez

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