Award Date

5-1-2022

Degree Type

Doctoral Project

Degree Name

Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)

Department

Music

First Committee Member

Timothy Hoft

Second Committee Member

Jonathan Lee

Third Committee Member

David Loeb

Fourth Committee Member

Viet Cuong

Fifth Committee Member

Louis Kavouras

Number of Pages

62

Abstract

The Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, and the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, have been by far the most prominent of J.S. Bach’s works to evoke evil and horror on screen. This “Horror Bach” association remains exclusively a subculture phenomenon in pop culture (almost universally outside of the classical music world). A historical overview of this cultural phenomenon suggests three factors that made these pieces become horror film music: 1) the popularity of the pieces, 2) the choice of instrumentation, and 3) popular cultural factors. This doctoral document also introduces this pop culture phenomenon of Bach to classical keyboardists, providing them with the information necessary to create “Horror-Bach” concert programs.

Keywords

Horror Film Music; J.S. Bach; Keyboard Music

Disciplines

Music

File Format

pdf

File Size

769 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/


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