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Flowers of My Homeland A Composition for SATB Choir, Solo Vocalists, Narrators (Or Fixed Media), and Wind Ensemble
Flowers of My Homeland A Composition for SATB Choir, Solo Vocalists, Narrators (Or Fixed M...
Flowers of My Homeland A Composition for SATB Choir, Solo Vocalists, Narrators (Or Fixed Media), and Wind Ensemble

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202103015
ISBN  
9798280730540
DDC  
781
저자명  
Nguyen, Ky Nam.
서명/저자  
Flowers of My Homeland A Composition for SATB Choir, Solo Vocalists, Narrators (Or Fixed Media), and Wind Ensemble
발행사항  
[Sl] : The Florida State University, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
111 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Callender, Clifton.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (D.M.)--The Florida State University, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약Flowers of My Homeland is a three-movement composition for SATB choir, solo vocalists, narrators (or fixed media), and wind ensemble, set to excerpts from Truờng Ca Hoa Của Nuớc [Epic of Flowers of My Homeland] by Vietnamese writer Trầm Huong (b. 1963). This work was written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music from Florida State University.Trầm Huong is a prolific author whose works span several fictional and non-fictional genres, including short stories, novels, screenplays, documentaries, and historical research. Her most prominent works focus on women's experiences during the 20th-century wars in Vietnam. Truờng Ca Hoa Của Nuớc, expected to be published in 2025, is a collection of stories of real women she encountered throughout her writing career. This epic poem, composed in free verse, consists of 932 lines. Notably, the poem references 38 different flowers and plants native to Vietnam, providing a vivid glimpse into the country's biodiversity. Each flower or plant, or sometimes a group of them, is associated with the story of a woman or a collective of women who share similar experiences. These women come from diverse backgrounds, social statuses, and professions, reflecting the multifaceted nature of Vietnamese society. However, they are united by the tragedy of war.In my composition, I selected short excerpts from the poem rather than setting the entire text. This approach reflects a personal preference, as the chosen excerpts inspire the most compelling musical ideas to me. Additionally, I took the liberty of making slight modifications to the texts to better combine them with specific musical ideas. The musical composition is divided into three movements, corresponding to the three chapters of the poem. These movements can be performed individually or together as a complete work.The first movement, "Những Bong Hoa Thuỷ Sinh" [The Aquatic Flowers], begins with dreamlike music built upon the motive (025), set to the words "Của nuớc" [belonging to the nation]. This motive subtly evokes the pentatonic characteristic of Vietnamese traditional music and depicts the idyllic beauty of the Vietnamese countryside, home of many kinds of aquatic flowers that serve as a metaphor for the young women who once lived there. The serene music is then interrupted and gradually replaced by dreadful, ominous musical materials that includes different settings of [D-(E)-F-G-B♭-C♯], a "distorted" version of the minor pentatonic scale on D. As the music becomes trapped within this set, the choir conveys the horror of war, when a group of young Vietnamese female artillery soldiers is discovered and surrounded by American aircraft, leading to their complete annihilation in battle. Following the brutal depiction of the battlefield, the choir momentarily recedes. Three soloists, each playing a different character and having distinctive triadic progressions, reflect on the memory of these women. As the movement reaches its conclusion, the dreamlike opening music returns with the melodic motive, but this time with significant variations. Here, the choir sings of how the aquatic flowers continue to bloom as a beacon of memory and hope.The second movement, "Hoa Toi Gặp Tren Duờng Thien Ly" [Many Thousand Miles of Flowers], focuses on the experiences of women beyond the watery countryside and wild jungles. Many of these women came from middle-to-upper-class backgrounds in thriving urban centers such as Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), yet they were not spared from the hardships of war, including imprisonment and torture. Their delicate beauty is poetically symbolized by the peach blossoms and the graceful ao dai, a traditional Vietnamese dress. Musically, this movement is characterized by sparse orchestration, in contrast to the more densely orchestrated first and third movements, with the choir singing a cappella most of the time. Short instrumental interjections between fragmented choral lines emphasize the sense of vulnerability. The "Của nuớc" [belonging to the nation] motive, initially presented as in the first movement, reappears in a transformed version, at the start of the second movement. Additionally, the passage referencing the ao dai employs the hexatonic (augmented-scale) collections to evoke an urban sensibility. These jazz-influenced sonorities contrast with the pastoral pentatonic gestures of the first movement, reflecting the modernized and Western-influenced lifestyles of the women portrayed in this chapter.The third movement, "Hoa Thời Hậu Chiến" [The Post-War Flowers], addresses the experiences of women after the end of the Vietnam-American War in 1975. In the aftermath of the war, they faced immense challenges, including the U.S. trade embargo, the hardships of the Communist subsidy economy, and armed conflicts along the borders with China and Cambodia under Pol Pot's regime. Despite these struggles, these women remained resilient, refusing to resign themselves to fate as they sought ways to create a life. In the first part of the movement, the narrators deliver lines from the poem, either in Vietnamese or English, to recount stories of various women from this era. Their voices emerge above strands of swelling sounds in an atmospheric texture that is interrupted by the recurring "Toi viết về hoa" [I wrote about flowers] motive . As the narrators concludes, the choir enters with the ""Toi viết về hoa" motive, then continues singing the texts that reflect on the poet's thankfulness to the life lessons from flowers and plants. The text then reflects on the hope that the stories of these flowers, these women, would live on forever. The motive reemerges as an inversion, , when the text first mentioning the word "Cảm on" [Thank you], then undergoing transpositions and inversions, serving as a unifying thread that bridges the contrasting musical ideas of the whole work. In this movement, I draw together the pentatonic, fifth-based sonorities and long, flowing melodic lines characteristic of the first movement with the more chromatic, fragmented, and dissonant textures of the second movement.With this composition, I also challenge myself to expand the emerging repertoire for wind ensemble and choir, a pairing still relatively new compared to the long-established tradition of orchestral-choral works. In terms of language choice, while most of my previous vocal music has been set to English texts or English translations of Vietnamese texts, this piece marks my first attempt at composing a large-scale work in Vietnamese, my mother tongue. Although the use of Vietnamese may present challenges for non-Vietnamese-speaking choirs, as the language is still underrepresented in Western and global concert music, I believe it is the most appropriate choice for the theme of this piece. Moreover, contemporary composers of vocal music have long explored new ways of producing sounds with the human voice, and I believe that incorporating a less common language with an unfamiliar phonology into Western concert repertoires is in the same spirit as this artistic pursuit.Coincidentally, I completed Flowers of My Homeland in 2025, which marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam-American War. Yet, for half a century, the voices of Vietnamese women have been largely excluded, their stories buried, distorted, and silenced in American and global mainstream culture. There was a time when American people who expressed even the slightest sympathy for the Vietnamese side risked being labeled "communists." If this reality persists, it will hinder a deeper understanding of the war's long-lasting and devastating impact on Vietnam and its people. Therefore, with Flowers of My Homeland, I strive to address the misrepresentation and underrepresentation of Vietnamese people, especially women. It is a major musical work composed by a Vietnamese woman, based on the writing of another Vietnamese woman, that gives voice to countless other Vietnamese women whose kindness, resilience, love, and sacrifices have protected their loved ones during war and fostered healing in its aftermath.
일반주제명  
Musical composition
일반주제명  
Music
일반주제명  
Performing arts
일반주제명  
Musical performances
키워드  
Flowers of My Homeland
키워드  
SATB choir
키워드  
Symphonic band
키워드  
Vietnamese women
키워드  
Wind ensemble
기타저자  
The Florida State University Music
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-12A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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■520    ▼aFlowers  of  My  Homeland  is  a  three-movement  composition  for  SATB  choir,  solo  vocalists,  narrators  (or  fixed  media),  and  wind  ensemble,  set  to  excerpts  from  Truờng  Ca  Hoa  Của  Nuớc  [Epic  of  Flowers  of  My  Homeland]  by  Vietnamese  writer  Trầm  Huong  (b.  1963).  This  work  was  written  in  partial  fulfillment  of  the  requirements  for  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Music  from  Florida  State  University.Trầm  Huong  is  a  prolific  author  whose  works  span  several  fictional  and  non-fictional  genres,  including  short  stories,  novels,  screenplays,  documentaries,  and  historical  research.  Her  most  prominent  works  focus  on  women's  experiences  during  the  20th-century  wars  in  Vietnam.  Truờng  Ca  Hoa  Của  Nuớc,  expected  to  be  published  in  2025,  is  a  collection  of  stories  of  real  women  she  encountered  throughout  her  writing  career.  This  epic  poem,  composed  in  free  verse,  consists  of  932  lines.  Notably,  the  poem  references  38  different  flowers  and  plants  native  to  Vietnam,  providing  a  vivid  glimpse  into  the  country's  biodiversity.  Each  flower  or  plant,  or  sometimes  a  group  of  them,  is  associated  with  the  story  of  a  woman  or  a  collective  of  women  who  share  similar  experiences.  These  women  come  from  diverse  backgrounds,  social  statuses,  and  professions,  reflecting  the  multifaceted  nature  of  Vietnamese  society.  However,  they  are  united  by  the  tragedy  of  war.In  my  composition,  I  selected  short  excerpts  from  the  poem  rather  than  setting  the  entire  text.  This  approach  reflects  a  personal  preference,  as  the  chosen  excerpts  inspire  the  most  compelling  musical  ideas  to  me.  Additionally,  I  took  the  liberty  of  making  slight  modifications  to  the  texts  to  better  combine  them  with  specific  musical  ideas.  The  musical  composition  is  divided  into  three  movements,  corresponding  to  the  three  chapters  of  the  poem.  These  movements  can  be  performed  individually  or  together  as  a  complete  work.The  first  movement,  "Những  Bong  Hoa  Thuỷ  Sinh"  [The  Aquatic  Flowers],  begins  with  dreamlike  music  built  upon  the  motive    (025),  set  to  the  words  "Của  nuớc"  [belonging  to  the  nation].  This  motive  subtly  evokes  the  pentatonic  characteristic  of  Vietnamese  traditional  music  and  depicts  the  idyllic  beauty  of  the  Vietnamese  countryside,  home  of  many  kinds  of  aquatic  flowers  that  serve  as  a  metaphor  for  the  young  women  who  once  lived  there.  The  serene  music  is  then  interrupted  and  gradually  replaced  by  dreadful,  ominous  musical  materials  that  includes  different  settings  of  [D-(E)-F-G-B♭-C♯],  a  "distorted"  version  of  the  minor  pentatonic  scale  on  D.  As  the  music  becomes  trapped  within  this  set,  the  choir  conveys  the  horror  of  war,  when  a  group  of  young  Vietnamese  female  artillery  soldiers  is  discovered  and  surrounded  by  American  aircraft,  leading  to  their  complete  annihilation  in  battle.  Following  the  brutal  depiction  of  the  battlefield,  the  choir  momentarily  recedes.  Three  soloists,  each  playing  a  different  character  and  having  distinctive  triadic  progressions,  reflect  on  the  memory  of  these  women.  As  the  movement  reaches  its  conclusion,  the  dreamlike  opening  music  returns  with  the    melodic  motive,  but  this  time  with  significant  variations.  Here,  the  choir  sings  of  how  the  aquatic  flowers  continue  to  bloom  as  a  beacon  of  memory  and  hope.The  second  movement,  "Hoa  Toi  Gặp  Tren  Duờng  Thien  Ly"  [Many  Thousand  Miles  of  Flowers],  focuses  on  the  experiences  of  women  beyond  the  watery  countryside  and  wild  jungles.  Many  of  these  women  came  from  middle-to-upper-class  backgrounds  in  thriving  urban  centers  such  as  Saigon  (now  Ho  Chi  Minh  City),  yet  they  were  not  spared  from  the  hardships  of  war,  including  imprisonment  and  torture.  Their  delicate  beauty  is  poetically  symbolized  by  the  peach  blossoms  and  the  graceful  ao  dai,  a  traditional  Vietnamese  dress.  Musically,  this  movement  is  characterized  by  sparse  orchestration,  in  contrast  to  the  more  densely  orchestrated  first  and  third  movements,  with  the  choir  singing  a  cappella  most  of  the  time.  Short  instrumental  interjections  between  fragmented  choral  lines  emphasize  the  sense  of  vulnerability.  The  "Của  nuớc"  [belonging  to  the  nation]  motive,  initially  presented  as    in  the  first  movement,  reappears  in  a  transformed  version,    at  the  start  of  the  second  movement.  Additionally,  the  passage  referencing  the  ao  dai  employs  the  hexatonic  (augmented-scale)  collections  to  evoke  an  urban  sensibility.  These  jazz-influenced  sonorities  contrast  with  the  pastoral  pentatonic  gestures  of  the  first  movement,  reflecting  the  modernized  and  Western-influenced  lifestyles  of  the  women  portrayed  in  this  chapter.The  third  movement,  "Hoa  Thời  Hậu  Chiến"  [The  Post-War  Flowers],  addresses  the  experiences  of  women  after  the  end  of  the  Vietnam-American  War  in  1975.  In  the  aftermath  of  the  war,  they  faced  immense  challenges,  including  the  U.S.  trade  embargo,  the  hardships  of  the  Communist  subsidy  economy,  and  armed  conflicts  along  the  borders  with  China  and  Cambodia  under  Pol  Pot's  regime.  Despite  these  struggles,  these  women  remained  resilient,  refusing  to  resign  themselves  to  fate  as  they  sought  ways  to  create  a  life.  In  the  first  part  of  the  movement,  the  narrators  deliver  lines  from  the  poem,  either  in  Vietnamese  or  English,  to  recount  stories  of  various  women  from  this  era.  Their  voices  emerge  above  strands  of  swelling  sounds  in  an  atmospheric  texture  that  is  interrupted  by  the  recurring  "Toi  viết  về  hoa"  [I  wrote  about  flowers]  motive  .  As  the  narrators  concludes,  the  choir  enters  with  the  ""Toi  viết  về  hoa"  motive,  then  continues  singing  the  texts  that  reflect  on  the  poet's  thankfulness  to  the  life  lessons  from  flowers  and  plants.  The  text  then  reflects  on  the  hope  that  the  stories  of  these  flowers,  these  women,  would  live  on  forever.  The    motive  reemerges  as  an  inversion,  ,  when  the  text  first  mentioning  the  word  "Cảm  on"  [Thank  you],  then  undergoing  transpositions  and  inversions,  serving  as  a  unifying  thread  that  bridges  the  contrasting  musical  ideas  of  the  whole  work.  In  this  movement,  I  draw  together  the  pentatonic,  fifth-based  sonorities  and  long,  flowing  melodic  lines  characteristic  of  the  first  movement  with  the  more  chromatic,  fragmented,  and  dissonant  textures  of  the  second  movement.With  this  composition,  I  also  challenge  myself  to  expand  the  emerging  repertoire  for  wind  ensemble  and  choir,  a  pairing  still  relatively  new  compared  to  the  long-established  tradition  of  orchestral-choral  works.  In  terms  of  language  choice,  while  most  of  my  previous  vocal  music  has  been  set  to  English  texts  or  English  translations  of  Vietnamese  texts,  this  piece  marks  my  first  attempt  at  composing  a  large-scale  work  in  Vietnamese,  my  mother  tongue.  Although  the  use  of  Vietnamese  may  present  challenges  for  non-Vietnamese-speaking  choirs,  as  the  language  is  still  underrepresented  in  Western  and  global  concert  music,  I  believe  it  is  the  most  appropriate  choice  for  the  theme  of  this  piece.  Moreover,  contemporary  composers  of  vocal  music  have  long  explored  new  ways  of  producing  sounds  with  the  human  voice,  and  I  believe  that  incorporating  a  less  common  language  with  an  unfamiliar  phonology  into  Western  concert  repertoires  is  in  the  same  spirit  as  this  artistic  pursuit.Coincidentally,  I  completed  Flowers  of  My  Homeland  in  2025,  which  marks  the  50th  anniversary  of  the  end  of  the  Vietnam-American  War.  Yet,  for  half  a  century,  the  voices  of  Vietnamese  women  have  been  largely  excluded,  their  stories  buried,  distorted,  and  silenced  in  American  and  global  mainstream  culture.  There  was  a  time  when  American  people  who  expressed  even  the  slightest  sympathy  for  the  Vietnamese  side  risked  being  labeled  "communists."  If  this  reality  persists,  it  will  hinder  a  deeper  understanding  of  the  war's  long-lasting  and  devastating  impact  on  Vietnam  and  its  people.  Therefore,  with  Flowers  of  My  Homeland,  I  strive  to  address  the  misrepresentation  and  underrepresentation  of  Vietnamese  people,  especially  women.  It  is  a  major  musical  work  composed  by  a  Vietnamese  woman,  based  on  the  writing  of  another  Vietnamese  woman,  that  gives  voice  to  countless  other  Vietnamese  women  whose  kindness,  resilience,  love,  and  sacrifices  have  protected  their  loved  ones  during  war  and  fostered  healing  in  its  aftermath.
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