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    The Preservation and Development of Black American Folk Music and of the Exodus Emblem in R. Nathaniel Dett’s the Ordering of Moses

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    Author
    Ford, Donté Alexander
    Issue Date
    2023
    Keywords
    American Music
    Dett
    Exodus
    Folk Music
    Moses
    Negro Spirituals
    Advisor
    Mugmon, Matthew
    
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    Abstract
    Black American composer R. Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) is a pioneering figure of American classical music composed by Black musicians. During his career—as a composer, performer, and educator—Dett advocated for the preservation of Black American folk music and its development via its use in “serious” classical music. While initially not interested in doing so, after hearing the masterful use of Black American folk music in Dvořák’s American Quartet during his student years at Oberlin College, Dett’s perspective changed; Dvořák’s composition provided a conceptual foundation for this fusion. In light of this, Dett’s career is defined by his mission to preserve and develop Black American folk music, of which his oratorio, The Ordering of Moses (1937), represents this fulfillment. This dissertation asserts that R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses embodies his distinct views on preserving and developing Black American folk music, as demonstrated through his utilization of Negro Spirituals as thematic material within this work. Similarly, this dissertation holds that Dett’s symphonic work preserves and develops broader Black American idioms on account of its use of the Exodus emblem as its narrative focus, consistent with its use in the cultural expressions of Black arts, letters, and religion (Christianity).
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    Degree Name
    Ph.D.
    Degree Level
    doctoral
    Degree Program
    Graduate College
    Music
    Degree Grantor
    University of Arizona
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