Narrative and Myth in Bartók's Sixth String Quartet: A Study in the Poetics of Space and the Grotesque

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dc.contributor.advisorBertagnolli, Paul A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDavis, Andrew
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDurrani, Aaminah O.
dc.creatorRuotsinoja, Eve 1985-
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-01T17:14:44Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T17:14:44Z
dc.date.createdDecember 2013
dc.date.issued2013-12
dc.date.submittedDecember 2013
dc.date.updated2018-03-01T17:14:44Z
dc.description.abstractBartók’s Sixth String Quartet is known for its return to more conservative tonal, formal, and generic idioms. Setting it apart, however, is the pervasive role of the ritornello that precedes each movement and increases in size with each statement. Likewise, commonly acknowledged is the presence of the grotesque in the Quartet, though little attention has been given to its placement and salience in relation to the Quartet’s existing formal properties, such as the ritornello and the conventional sonata and ternary forms. In this study, I employ the aesthetics of the grotesque as an interpretive window through which to view the interaction of the ritornello with the Quartet as a whole. I argue that the grotesque in Bartók’s Sixth Quartet performs a mediating role between the opposition of exterior and interior musical spaces. The prevailing narrative event involves the transgression of exterior upon interior and the dissolution of formal boundaries.
dc.description.departmentMusic, Moores School of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/2624
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectBéla Bartók
dc.subjectString quartets
dc.subjectGrotesque
dc.subjectNarrative
dc.subjectSemiotics
dc.subjectMyth
dc.titleNarrative and Myth in Bartók's Sixth String Quartet: A Study in the Poetics of Space and the Grotesque
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeKathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
thesis.degree.departmentMusic, Moores School of
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Music

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