Search for dissertations about: "Lamentations"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word Lamentations.

  2. 1. Gilbertus Universalis: Glossa ordinaria in Lamentationes Ieremie prophete. Prothemata et Liber I. : A Critical Edition with an Introduction and a Translation

    Author : Alexander Andrée; Gunilla Iversen; Rainer Berndt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gilbert the Universal; Glossa ordinaria; Biblical exegesis; Old Testament; Lamentations; Cicero; rhetoric; loci rhetorici; the school of Laon; the Renaissance of the twelfth century; Paschasius Radbertus; editorial technique; Latin language; Latin;

    Abstract : The Glossa ordinaria on the Bible stands as one of the prime achievements of the period in western intellectual history known as the Renaissance of the twelfth century. In spite of the great number of still extant manuscripts very little is known about the circumstances around its composition. READ MORE

  4. 2. “Lasciatemi morire” o farò “La Finta Pazza”: Embodying Vocal Nothingness on Stage in Italian and French 17th Century Operatic Laments and Mad Scenes

    Author : Elisabeth Belgrano; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; voice; singing; nothingness; je-ne-sais-quoi; 17th century opera; pure voice; lamentation; madness; passions; emotions; nightingale; transformation; ornamentation; observation; improvisation; interpretation; vocal expression; embodiment; creative process; performance; repetition; movement; inner images; artistic research;

    Abstract : This music research drama thesis explores and presents a singer’s artistic research process from the first meeting with a musical score until the first steps of the performance on stage. The aim has been to define and formulate an understanding in sound as well as in words around the concept of pure voice in relation to the performance of 17th century vocal music from a 21st century singer’s practice-based perspective with reference to theories on nothingness, the role of the 17th century female singer, ornamentation (over-vocalization) and the singing of the nightingale. READ MORE