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Papers by Vaughn Roste

Writing a dissertation is a project not completed by one person but by several. I need to thank m... more Writing a dissertation is a project not completed by one person but by several. I need to thank my family-Mom, Dad, Erica, Ben, Finn, and Anders-for their love and undying support through this convoluted and seemingly never-ending process. I have received encouragement from more friends and those who have already survived the process along the way than I can name, but fellow-LSU grad Dr. Susan Tusing and Dr. John Ratledge have gone beyond the call of duty and deserve special mention. My relationship with Joshua Martynuik means the world to me. Keith Van has been there for me more times than I can count. But if there is one person to whom I owe my sanity more than anyone else through this process, it would be Randy Rieves.

The Choral Public Domain Library represents a wealth of free music: the site currently hosts free... more The Choral Public Domain Library represents a wealth of free music: the site currently hosts free scores of over 20,000 choral and vocal works by over 2500 composers, and its stores continue to grow daily. As schools of all levels battle reduced budgets, a free resource such as CPDL represents a treasure trove of easily reproducible, conveniently stored and readily accessible repertoire. While CPDL permits easy access, the sheer volume of possibilities can be overwhelming. In an attempt to make certain selected CPDL compositions more familiar, this reading session will aspire to present to attendees largely unknown but accessible works for mixed choirs from every era of music history appropriate for mixed choirs of various sizes at high school, college, community and church institutions. Palestrina wrote so much more than Sicut Cervus, and Certon wrote more than La, la la, je ne l'ose dire (to name two Renaissance composers). Let's explore beyond the tried and true and see if CPDL holds any further choral gems which are less well known but no less deserving of performance.

All three choral ensembles at IPFW combined to sing choral music selected around the theme of ‘ni... more All three choral ensembles at IPFW combined to sing choral music selected around the theme of ‘night,” with Dr. North accompanying at the piano. This concert was held Wednesday November 11, 2015 at 7:30 pm in the Auer Performance Hall on IPFW’s campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana

I walked attendees though lesser-known compositions by great composers appropriate for all levels... more I walked attendees though lesser-known compositions by great composers appropriate for all levels of choirs from every major era of music history available for free online, from the Renaissance to the Modern era

The Choral Public Domain Library represents a wealth of free music: the site currently hosts free... more The Choral Public Domain Library represents a wealth of free music: the site currently hosts free scores of over 20,000 choral and vocal works by over 2500 composers, and its stores continue to grow daily. As schools of all levels battle reduced budgets, a free resource such as CPDL represents a treasure trove of easily reproducible, conveniently stored and readily accessible repertoire. While CPDL permits easy access, the sheer volume of possibilities can be overwhelming. In an attempt to make certain selected CPDL compositions more familiar, this reading session will aspire to present to attendees largely unknown but accessible works for mixed choirs from every era of music history appropriate for mixed choirs of various sizes at high school, college, community and church institutions. Palestrina wrote so much more than Sicut Cervus, and Certon wrote more than La, la la, je ne l’ose dire (to name two Renaissance composers). Let’s explore beyond the tried and true and see if CPDL h...

The Seven Last Words of Christ—those sayings uttered by Jesus between his crucifixion and death a... more The Seven Last Words of Christ—those sayings uttered by Jesus between his crucifixion and death as recorded in the Gospels—have long been of interest to liturgists and composers alike. Many composers have been inspired by these texts, and this study examines three settings, by Charles Gounod, César Franck, and Theodore Dubois. All were French composers who set this text in Latin during the Romantic era. Not only were these works composed in the same temporal vicinity, within twelve years, but they were also all composed within the same geographic vicinity, Paris. Franck and Dubois even worked together at the same church. The possibilities for influence are therefore quite strong.
Chapter One provides an overview of the paper. Chapter Two provides background information on the textual sources for the “The Seven Last Words”—what Christ uttered from the cross. Chapter Three discusses the problematic musical genre of the Seven Last Words, being obviously related to but not directly derived from settings of the Passion, and provides a list of all of the known settings of this text. Chapter Four is dedicated to Gounod’s Les Sept Paroles de Nôtre Seigneur Jesus-Christ sur la Croix (1855). Chapter Five addresses Franck’s Sept Paroles du Christ sur la Croix (1859). Chapter Six is concerned with Dubois’ Les Sept Paroles du Christ (1867). Chapter Seven provides a summary and comparison, noting the similarities between these works on orchestrational, textual, durational, formal, and musical levels.
While the Dubois setting is arguably his best known work, the other two languish in relative obscurity. Beyond merely bringing their existence to light, this study aims to identify correspondances between them. The enormous similarities between the Franck and Dubois settings in particular are too strong to be coincidental. Dubois was familiar with Franck’s setting and may even have written his own in intentional emulation of Franck’s earlier work.

The Choral Public Domain Library represents a wealth of free music: the site currently hosts free... more The Choral Public Domain Library represents a wealth of free music: the site currently hosts free scores of over 20,000 choral and vocal works by over 2500 composers, and its stores continue to grow daily. As schools of all levels battle reduced budgets, a free resource such as CPDL represents a treasure trove of easily reproducible, conveniently stored and readily accessible repertoire. While CPDL permits easy access, the sheer volume of possibilities can be overwhelming. In an attempt to make certain selected CPDL compositions more familiar, this reading session will aspire to present to attendees largely unknown but accessible works for mixed choirs from every era of music history appropriate for mixed choirs of various sizes at high school, college, community and church institutions. Palestrina wrote so much more than Sicut Cervus, and Certon wrote more than La, la la, je ne l’ose dire (to name two Renaissance composers). Let’s explore beyond the tried and true and see if CPDL h...