Music, School of
First Advisor
Dr. Tyler G. White
Date of this Version
6-2020
Abstract
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is an original song cycle for soprano and baritone voices with Pierrot ensemble (flute/piccolo, B-flat clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion), utilizing poetry taken from Autumn Slaughter’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders-Poetry. Of Slaughter’s poetic interpretation of 35 of the diagnoses within the psychiatric manual (the DSM-5), eleven poems/diagnoses are used for this musical work. This document is an analysis of the theoretical constructs of each movement and the musical representation of the poem and diagnosis.
Advisor: Tyler G. White
Comments
Score and parts published through Modal Coast Publishing (www.kristaconnelly.com).
A Doctoral Document Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts, Major: Music (Music Composition), Under the Supervision of Professor Gregory Simon. Lincoln, Nebraska: June, 2020
Copyright 2020 Krista M. Connelly