This research on Arthur Lourie, started when Jana was a Music Theory Master’s student, was an important early research study on Lourie as well as an avenue of exploration into Stravinsky’s spirituality during the time period of his friendship with Lourie.
Unpublished Article - “From Commissar to Stravinsky’s Conscience”
Appreciation for help with this research goes out to Stephan Hulliger from the Arthur Lourie Gesellschaft in Basel, Switzerland.
Thesis: An Analysis of Arthur Lourie’s Sonate Liturgique and Religious Connections to Igor Stravinsky
Jana Marion Borchardt (Porter), Master of Music University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1998
ABSTRACT ii
PART ONE - HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
2. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 11
3. MUSICAL STYLE PERIODS 34
4. CONNECTIONS AND CONFLICT WITH STRAVINSKY 64
PART TWO - SONATE LITURGIQUE ANALYSIS
5. FIRST MOVEMENT 89
6. SECOND MOVEMENT 103
7. THIRD MOVEMENT 136
8. FOURTH MOVEMENT 156
9. RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS TO STRAVINSKY 177
APPENDIX
A. TIMELINE AND SELECTED COMPOSITIONS 190
B. LETTERS 196
C. COMPOSITIONS AND WRITINGS BY CATEGORY 200
D. COMPARISON OF INSTRUMENTATION 209
E. SONATE LITURGIQUE TEXT AND TRANSLATION 211
F. SONATE LITURGIQUE SCORE 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 213
G. LETTER OF PERMISSION 242
VITA 250