Three Dissertation Recitals and Document
Creators: name: Walters, Christine
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Three Recitals and a Document
subject: Fairuz and the Lebanese Maronite Diaspora
subject: Music and Dance
subject: Arts

description: The dissertation consisted of three recitals and a document. The first recital was a collaborative recital featuring works for organ and oboe by Johann Ludwig Krebs, organ by Jacob Praetorius, organ by Girolamo Frescobaldi, and organ solo by Dieterich Buxtehude. Plainsong chants, arranged by the performer, were sung by a schola of six singers in alternatim fashion. The second recital, performed on carillon, featured works for carillon by Joannes De Grüytters, Arie Abbenes, John Courter, Jean Sibelius (arr. Don Cook), Louis Bourgeois (arr. John Courter), Carmelo Erdozáin (arr. Carol Anne Taylor), Alice Gomez, arrangements by Christine El-Hage Walters, Connor Chee, Mariam Soni, Sophie Heremans, Adèle Colson, and Florence Price (arr. Tiffany Ng). The third recital featured solo works for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ethel Smyth, Naji Hakim, Olivier Messiaen, and Josef Rheinberger. First Dissertation Recital: Tuesday, January 23, 2024, Marilyn Mason Organ, Blanche Anderson Moore Hall, The University of Michigan. Johann Ludwig Krebs, O Gott, du frommer Gott, Krebs-WV 710; Jacob Praetorius, Magnificat primi toni, including schola of singers chanting the Magnificat chant in alternatim, arranged by Christine E. Walters ; Johann Ludwig Krebs, Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, Krebs-WV 702; Girolamo Frescobaldi, Messa della Domenica from Fiori Musicali, F12.01-12.17, including a schola of singers chanting Mass XI in alternatim, arranged by Christine E. Walters; Dieterich Buxtehude, Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203. Second Dissertation Recital: Monday, March 4, 2024, Charles Baird Carillon, 53 bells, Burton Memorial Tower, The University of Michigan. Arr. by Joannes De Grüytter, Giga No. 96 from the De Grüytters Carillon Book; arr. by Arie Abbenes, Myn siele Wylt den Herre met Lof sanch Prijsen 103 sallem from the Susanna van Soldt manuscript; John Courter, Cortege and Fugue; Jean Sibelius (arr. Don Cook), Finlandia; Louis Bourgeois (arr. John Courter), Old Hundredth; Carmelo Erdozáin (arr. Carol Anne Taylor), La Fiesta del Señor; Alice Gomez, Three Songs of Praise; arr. by Christine El-Hage Walters, Wa Habibi, Traditional Lebanese Maronite Hymn; arr. by Christine El-Hage Walters, Ana l’Oum el Hazina, Traditional Lebanese Maronite Hymn; Connor Chee, Navajo Vocable No. 8, from The Navajo Piano; Connor Chee, Melody for Kinyaa’áanii, No. 1; Mariam Soni, Shifa; Sophie Heremans, Februari; Adèle Colson, Ave Maria; Florence Price (arr. Tiffany Ng), A Pleasant Thought; Florence Price (arr. Tiffany Ng), Festal March. Third Dissertation Recital: Monday, May 13, 2024, Frieze Memorial Organ, Hill Auditorium, The University of Michigan. Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541; Ethel Smyth, Du, O schönes Weltgebäude, O Gott du frommer Gott, and Prelude and Fugue on O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid from Short Chorale Preludes; Naji Hakim, Aalaiki’ssalaam: Variations on a Lebanese Theme; Olivier Messiaen, Le Banquet Céleste; Josef Rheinberger, Orgelsonate Nr. 4, in a-Moll op. 98. The document investigates the influence that Lebanese singer Fairuz (b. 1934) has had on the Lebanese Maronite diasporic community in Michigan through the recording and release of her 1962 album Good Friday: Eastern Sacred Songs. Focusing on the metro Detroit area, the study examines how this displaced community utilizes music as a means of protecting their cultural identities and their faith after being displaced from their homeland. Using a combination of interviews and on-site observation, the research revealed an interplay between the importance of this album and Lebanese Maronite identity in the diaspora.