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Graduate Student, Musicology
Thesis Title: MA Thesis: Constructing Chivalry: Symbolic Representation of King Marke in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
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Jason Geary
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About
Performance continues to be an important part of my musical and academic development. I am an active choral singer and have advanced training in piano, horn, and pedagogy. I regularly teach piano, horn, history and harmony to a variety of ages in both private and classroom settings. Upon earning a Ph.D., I hope to secure a position at a post-secondary institution where I can continue to explore my main passions: research, teaching, and strengthening the relationship between musicology and the community.
MA Thesis: Constructing Chivalry: Symbolic Representation of King Marke in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Advisor: Susan Lewis Hammond
http://finearts.uvic.ca/music/faculty/Bios/slewis.shtml
Abstract:
Despite Tristan’s place as a cornerstone of the operatic repertory, there has been surprisingly little scholarship on King Mark, whom scholars often overlook in favour of the title characters. This study examines Wagner’s adaptation of his source, the Tristan of Gottfried von Strassburg, to construct a character that represents the courtly chivalric society of the opera in opposition to the new order represented in Tristan’s passionate pursuit of love and, ultimately, of death. Building on literary scholarship of the Tristan tradition, this study explores issues of duality and decline in Mark’s character and the elements of his chivalric friendship with Tristan within the homosocial constructs of the courts. Through his use of traditional operatic lament form, associative orchestration, and text expression, Wagner constructs a king who is more nuanced than any of his predecessors: one cleansed by tragedy and capable of forgiveness.
