DSpace Collection:http://theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/662024-02-03T10:47:26Z2024-02-03T10:47:26ZSchubert, Tragedy and German PhilhellenismNoble, Jonathanhttp://theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/60162024-01-19T11:16:09Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Schubert, Tragedy and German Philhellenism
Authors: Noble, Jonathan
Abstract: A strong cultural bond between Germany and Greece was forged by intellectuals from the
mid-eighteenth century onwards. The ancient Greeks were felt to provide lessons for
contemporary aesthetics and art with their emphasis on the beautiful and the natural. Born
and educated in Vienna, Franz Peter Schubert digested many of these philhellenic ideals that
migrated south to Austria. Their influence can be found in many of his Lieder on
mythological themes, as has been recognised by several recent writers. I believe, however,
that the influence also extended to instrumental works, and indeed that his musical forms
cannot be fully understood outside the context of German philhellenism. The centrality of
philhellenism to cultural life cannot be overestimated, inspiring German poetry and prose for
two centuries, and its influence on music emerges in this study as similarly pervasive.
This study traces the influence on Schubert’s music of the early philhellenic ideal of ‘noble
simplicity and quiet grandeur’ initiated by Johann Winckelmann and found in the music of
Christoph Willibald Gluck. Such influence can be found in his ‘Tragic’ Symphony. It also
traces the influence of the particular strand of philhellenism that flourished during Schubert’s
lifetime – one shared by philosophers of the German idealist school, and one which focused
on the particular art-form of Greek tragedy. It is this strand which supplies a further reading
of the ‘Tragic’ Symphony D417 as well as readings of Schubert’s three Piano Sonatas in A
minor D537, D784 and D845. The readings draw on the common but varied strands of
idealism, ranging from the idealist view of tragedy as a conflict between man and fate, to
Friedrich Schelling’s description of the genre as epic-lyric, to Friedrich Schiller’s notion of
tragedy as the overcoming of sublime terror, to Georg Wilhelm Hegel’s view of tragedy as a
dialectical process. The sonata forms which Schubert employed in these movements are
analysed through the lens of James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy’s Sonata Theory, and the
interaction of these forms with the philosophical ideas of German philhellenism emerges as a
locus of abundant hermeneutic meaning.
Description: Ph. D. Thesis.2023-01-01T00:00:00ZMusic of the Paston Household: Case Studies of Circulation and Adaptation in the Lutebook GB-Lbl Add. MS 29247Nolan, Caitlinhttp://theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/60132024-01-17T12:54:26Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Music of the Paston Household: Case Studies of Circulation and Adaptation in the Lutebook GB-Lbl Add. MS 29247
Authors: Nolan, Caitlin
Abstract: One of the largest and most valuable English collections of Elizabethan and Jacobean music belonged
to Edward Paston (1550-1630), a Catholic gentleman from Norfolk. The collection primarily consists
of continental music alongside some English repertory and is made up of a mix of vocal and lute
manuscripts. To date, studies of the collection mainly surround the English music it contains – in
particular, that of William Byrd – and little attention has been given to that of continental
composers. This thesis presents a source study of the Paston lutebook GB-Lbl Add. MS 29247, and
considers the music of three Flemish composers within the manuscript: Philippe de Monte, Orlande
de Lassus, and Philip van Wilder. Using a selection of pieces as case studies, the key research
question is: what can ultimately be learned about the collection, intabulation, and copying processes
in Edward Paston’s household? Furthermore, the circulation of the composers’ music is examined
through social networks – especially those with branches in England, and which include Edward
Paston – as well as through comparative studies of text and notation of the Paston collection in
order to understand more about the sources the Paston scribes used. As part of the investigation,
some music is reconstructed from the tablature of GB-Lbl Add. MS 29247. Through the reversal of
the process of arranging music for the lute, it is possible to engage with similar issues that the
Paston intabulators would have encountered, thus allowing for a deeper exploration of the copying
and intabulation processes.
Description: Ph. D. Thesis.2023-01-01T00:00:00ZExit through the crisis : essayistic futurisms and the expanded essay filmCoram, Jeremy Davidhttp://theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/60102024-01-15T14:42:43Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Exit through the crisis : essayistic futurisms and the expanded essay film
Authors: Coram, Jeremy David
Abstract: My research contribution considers alternative artistic essayistic practices as a step towards
widening the dominant research focus on the single channel essay film. I address this gap
through a practice-led inquiry with two starting points: 1. Why expand the essay film and why
now? Or what is the contemporary personal-social aesthetic-political significance of the
expanded essay film form? And 2. To what extent do expanded essay forms operate critically
on the inter-relation of the human condition with instances of crisis under Capitalist Realism?
With these starting points in mind, this project is not an investigation to try to re-define the
essay as a form, rather, how should we produce essays in our current personal-techno aesthetic-political climate, and where might creative criticality and radical essayistic praxis for
alternative futures exist? I have structured my thesis in three ‘zones' with opening and closing
discussions that support a body of creative practice produced over six years. My thesisfocuses
on five works created during this period: The Golden Record, The De-realisation Effect,
Lorraine, Capteur, and The Black Prince, and is an episodic critique, respecting the central
inquiry of the research: the essay form. My theoretical framework is built on Nora Alter’s
concept of crisis in relation to the essay film, Walter Benjamin’s theory of translation, Theodor
Adorno’s theory on the essay form, and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s theory of family resemblance.
Mark Fisher’s concept of capitalist realism is central to my discussion, and I draw on Jacques
Derrida’s concept of hauntology. In Zone 1, Locating the Meta-morph, I use The Golden Record
and The Derealisation effect as starting points to discuss the essay as a shape shifting form, a
meta-morph, and consider the meta-essayistic praxis I developed for my practice-led
research. In Zone 2, Essayistic Futurisms, I use Lorraine to think through the essay form as an
open cinematic architecture and consider spatial temporal relations in the essay interstice and
essayistic zone for essayistic futurisms. In Zone 3, Encountering Capitalist ‘sur’ Realism, I use
Capteur to discuss the entanglement of hauntology, trauma, and memory as crisis in essayistic
practices and consider how the essay form can encounter Capitalist Realism through play. My
conclusion, Exit through the Crisis, uses The Black Prince, to discuss working with the expanded
essay form as a post-hauntological structure to open essayistic futurisms.
Description: PhD Thesis2023-01-01T00:00:00ZVirtual Mexico: Magical Towns in 360 degrees An exploratory study of the potential of 360-degree video in promoting cultural tourismSalazar Flores, Jesús Leopoldohttp://theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/59922024-01-10T11:42:26Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Virtual Mexico: Magical Towns in 360 degrees An exploratory study of the potential of 360-degree video in promoting cultural tourism
Authors: Salazar Flores, Jesús Leopoldo
Abstract: This thesis critically evaluates the potential of 360-degree video played in VR to promote Mexico’s cultural tourism in the UK. It looks at the Magical Towns programme, a strategy of the
Mexican government to diversify the tourism industry through cultural tourism. The programme groups a series of towns with specific characteristics under an umbrella brand. This
study focuses on two towns with the Magical Town designation: Tequila and Tlaquepaque.
Both towns play emphatically with Mexico’s country identity, replicating imagery, icons, art,
music, and atmospheres considered ‘authentically Mexican’. With a case study approach, this
thesis examines the current promotional and communication strategies among stakeholders in
both towns and their willingness to adopt new promotional tools. It also looks at the opinions
of potential visitors, assessing awareness levels, perceptions and preconceptions about Mexico,
attitudes towards using 360-degree video, and the format’s effectiveness in changing them. This
thesis proposes that a solid marketing communications and PR strategy could incorporate 360-
degree video technology to raise awareness and promote Mexico’s cultural tourism. The findings suggest that 360-degree video is a novel promotional tool that can significantly contribute
to constructing Mexico’s country image and reputation by depicting places strongly related to
its country identity and branding. However, the preference for more straightforward promotional material, such as photographs, will prevail. The implementation of 360-degree video
should therefore be part of an integral promotional campaign and not a stand-alone promotional
tool.
Description: Ph. D. Thesis.2023-01-01T00:00:00Z