Award Date

5-1-2021

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)

Department

Music

First Committee Member

Richard Miller

Second Committee Member

Taras Krysa

Third Committee Member

Alfonse Anderson

Fourth Committee Member

Clarence Gilyard

Fifth Committee Member

Bill Bernatis

Sixth Committee Member

Darryl Cooper

Number of Pages

75

Abstract

I am investigating the role of Dimitri Mitropoulos in promoting contemporary music primarily during his tenure as the principal conductor of New York Philharmonic. I plan to discuss the contemporary composers and works he found important, and why this music needed to be heard. This study will help to illuminate the new music of the 1940’s and 50’s, and the conductor’s role in cultivating audiences. Moreover, it will demonstrate the relationship between conducting and composition, and the role of this relationship in successful performance practice and interpretation. Additionally, I will provide a detailed list of Mitropoulos's premieres with New York Philharmonic.

Keywords

Conducting; Contemporary; Dimitri Mitropoulos; New music; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra

Disciplines

Music

File Format

pdf

File Size

5500 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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