Semester of Graduation
Spring 2023
Degree
Master of Music (MM)
Department
Music Composition
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Emily Somebody is a chamber opera in three acts that tells the story of the friendship between the American poet Emily Dickinson and the man that would become her first editor, Mr. Thomas Higginson. This story, for me, is ultimately about a poet (or an artist) in the process of finding not only her own voice but also discovering what poetry and art mean to her, in the most genuine way, and standing up for these beliefs and values. All the lyrics used in this work are from Emily Dickinson’s poems and letters exchanged between her and Mr. Thomas Higginson.
Date
4-4-2023
Recommended Citation
Salles Camargo, Rodrigo Afonso, "Emily Somebody: a Chamber Opera in Three Acts" (2023). LSU Master's Theses. 5744.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/5744
Committee Chair
Mara Gibson
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.5744