Music in context: an exploration of music and dramaturgy

What is the link between music and drama, and how do the two disciplines interrelate? In response, I propose practical approaches to composition processes through the absorption of traditional principles of music and drama. By way of analysis of pre-existing and original works, I critically unpack the term ‘musical dramaturgy’. This study investigates the relationship of music and drama from the point of view of a practitioner and creator. In theory and in practice, music and drama have acquired complex and special relationships over time, and in a multitude of manifestations. With the presentation of case studies, I postulate an alternative approach to analysis and creation within the music and drama nexus.