Smith, Beverley Gaye (1992) John Dunstable and Leonel Power : a stylistic comparison. PhD thesis, University of Sheffield.
Abstract
This thesis is an attempt to define and compare the styles
of two English composers active early in the fifteenth
century - John Dunstable and Leonel Power. The two are
commonly confused in the surviving manuscript sources of
their music and to date there has been no reliable method
for the determination of authorship in cases of
conflicting attribution.
Part One of the investigation consists of an analysis
of works which bear uncontradicted ascriptions. The
information is used to set up a database for each of the
composers. The analysis is largely computer-aided and
covers aspects of form, pitch, range, chord structure,
melodic structure, speed, text setting and cadence
progressions.
Part Two compares a variety of uncertain works
against the databases and in each case employs the
statistical method of Discriminant Analysis to calculate
which of the two composers is more likely to be
responsible for the composition. In all of the six pieces
with ascriptions to both men, the results indicate the
likely author to a probability of over 1.00. The data are
also used to assess many anonymous pieces and mass pairs.
Metadata
Keywords: | Composers |
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Awarding institution: | University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Music (Sheffield) |
Identification Number/EthosID: | uk.bl.ethos.358843 |
Depositing User: | EThOS Import Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2012 12:48 |
Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2023 14:08 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:etheses.whiterose.ac.uk:1854 |
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