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Eighteenth-century responses to Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus by Ryan, Cressida

“…In so doing it offers a variety of disciplinary approaches, looking at the QC through the eyes of an aesthetic philosopher, creative writer, textual critic, artist, politician, historian, art historian, composer, musicologist, teacher or clergyman. After an introduction outlining some basic presuppositions for the thesis, chapter 1 covers aesthetic philosophy, chapter 2 books, chapter 3 staged reworking, chapter 4 paintings and chapter 5 opera. …”
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Musical Cryptography: Codes, Ciphers, Form, and Function by Thompson, Benjamin

“…This thesis investigates the conception, historical development, and function of musical cryptography. Musicologists such as David Løberg Code, Eric Sams, Roy Howat, and Helen Elizabeth Rudeforth will provide the framework for cipher and code-based study, while Johannes Kepler, Mihail Cocos, and Shawn Fowers provide the framework for study of the relationship between music and mathematics. …”
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Film in biography form: the use of pre-existing classical music in the composer biopic by Farrell-Griffiths, Naomi

“…With consideration given to criticism from musicologists, such as Joseph Horowitz and Robert Craft, who advocate musical integrity in film, I will show that it is essential for pre-existing music to be modified in order to enhance filmic properties, such as narrative and emotion. …”
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