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Sometimes the melodies float in high registers over a pedal, as in romantic music from Schumann onward around bar ; sometimes they tick along in pizzicati produced by plucking wires, bar ; sometimes as sustained notes in running bass figures bar , very occasionally as sequences of sixths and other intervals, in eighth notes, uninterrupted by other rhythms bar ; sometimes as cadenzas the closing, and also bars The full repertoire of romantic rhetoric is here, but hedged in very closely: abbreviated, obscured, drowned out.

In terms of mood, the piece is mainly tentative, slow, meditative, and given more to hazy sustained and pedal passages than to abrupt or loud contrasts. Even the fast movements tend to let their sharp edges blend into streams of notes. In terms of difficulty: it is unapproachable, for most humans. However there are many isolated passages that are very rewarding. It also offers practical and systemized ways of analyzing and preparing Martino's songs for performance.

It is hoped that the methods suggested herein will reduce a singer's difficulties and rehearsal time with the pianist. The present study will offer a valuable addition to the literature on the performance practice of twelve-tone vocal music, and provide insight and advice on how to practice and perform other non-tonal music. This method of study may be applied to other contemporary music.

Doing so can in turn help develop a singer's skill in handling tonal and rhythmic difficulties of all kinds, including non-traditional notations. Unique identifying numbers for this dissertation in the Digital Library or other systems.

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