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The mélodies of André Caplet (1878-1925) are permeated with an abundance of intricacies and complexities in terms of tonality and rhythm. Through exploring aspects of tonal and rhythmic structures in the sets Paroles à l'absente, Le vieux coffret, Trois fables de Jean de La Font…
Asian countries did not join the development of Classical music happening in Europe until the twentieth century; as such, how do contemporary those contemporary Asian composers introduce themselves to Western Classical music and build their reputation? What did they do to compos…
Poulenc composed prolifically during the Occupation, as well as before and after; my research focuses on six songs written during this period: “Priez pour paix” (written 1938), “Les chemins de l’amour” (1940), Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon (“C” and Fêtes galantes,” 1943), “Montpar…
Composer Maurice Ravel was deeply affected by his experience as a truck-driving soldier in World War I (WWI). For the rest of his life, he never fully came out of the shadow of losing his friends in combat and his beloved mother during the same years. This study examines the imp…