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Musical Structure, Narrative, and Gender in Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé
- Author(s):
- Russell Millard (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- Music and Sound
- Subject(s):
- Ballet, Music, France, Musical analysis, Musicology, Narration (Rhetoric), Literature--Theory, etc.
- Item Type:
- Thesis
- Institution:
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- Tag(s):
- Daphnis & Chloe, Maurice Ravel, Musical narrative, Music and gender, Schenkerian analysis, French music, Music analysis, Narrative theory
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6DP2H
- Abstract:
- This thesis seeks to contribute towards the emerging discourse in Ravel studies concerning gender, as well as adding to the ongoing work in musical narratology, especially as regards ballet, to which very little narratological attention has been given. Employing a combination of narratological and Schenkerian analysis, this thesis argues that there are significant moments of divergence between the gendered narratives outlined by the libretto and the music in Ravel’s ballet Daphnis et Chloé. The work is examined as an example of transvaluation, in which the musical score is understood to call into question the gendered cultural values inscribed in the libretto.
- Notes:
- Five scenes from the ballet are considered in detail. The readings proposed by these analyses suggest an emergent function for the music in Daphnis et Chloé, acting as a counter-discourse to the doxical narrative outlined by the libretto.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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