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A Combined Language: The Application Of Poly-Stylistic Techniques To Concerto Sonata For Alto Saxophone And Piano, James Calderon
A Combined Language: The Application Of Poly-Stylistic Techniques To Concerto Sonata For Alto Saxophone And Piano, James Calderon
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Silence For Orchestra: Incorporating Silence In Musical Language Through Theories Of Expectation, Kari Darby
Silence For Orchestra: Incorporating Silence In Musical Language Through Theories Of Expectation, Kari Darby
Masters Theses
The purpose of Silence: for Orchestra is to incorporate silence as a captivating source of musical language. Silence's goal is to encourage the audience to appreciate silence as musch as music. David Huron's research in musical expectations served as a guide to create a piece that develops, contradicts, and conforms to a listener's expectations. Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis's work describes five functions of silence found in music. These functions can be applied to the silences used in my piece in order to further conform to the listener's expectations.
Characteristics Of A Modern Ballet: The Adoption Of Sonic Vocabulary And Textual Treatment In The Earth Without Water (2014), Mark Luke Rheaume
Characteristics Of A Modern Ballet: The Adoption Of Sonic Vocabulary And Textual Treatment In The Earth Without Water (2014), Mark Luke Rheaume
Masters Theses
The modern ballet, as an orchestral genre, owes much of its status and value to composers of the early 20th century. Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky’s groundbreaking works, Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune and Le Sacre du Printemps respectively, revolutionized the sonic landscape of ballet and expanded the ideas of interaction with texts and scenarios. This paper demonstrates the continued use of these innovations in the author's composition, The Earth Without Water. This analysis identifies three categories—harmonic vocabulary, rhythmic/formal organization, and textual treatment—by which The Earth derives content or technique from Prélude and Le Sacre.
The Snow Queen: An Opera In Three Acts Based On A Story By Hans Christian Andersen, Elaine Fine
The Snow Queen: An Opera In Three Acts Based On A Story By Hans Christian Andersen, Elaine Fine
Masters Theses
This is the analysis portion of my thesis The Snow Queen, an opera based on an 1845 story by Hans Christian Andersen. This analysis examines the opera from a structural standpoint and focuses on the harmonic language, the functions of melodic and rhythmic motives in the opera, and the relationship between the original story and its adaptation as an opera.
In addition to the structural analysis I include a discussion of literary and philosophical elements connected with the opera and elaborate on the incorporation of material from Norse mythology, contemporary Finnish poetry, and the work of the 19th-century …
Symphony In One Movement: Score And Analysis, Jon Kostal
Symphony In One Movement: Score And Analysis, Jon Kostal
Masters Theses
This thesis consists of the composition, Symphony In One Movement, accompanied by an analytical study. The piece is composed for large orchestra and has a duration of twelve minutes. It comprises three connected but distinct sections, whose contrasts suggest individual movements. Each section is based on a traditional formal structure: sonata, passacaglia, and rondo-variations. The intention was to acknowledge the traditional symphony through these formal structures while applying more modem approaches to elements such as harmony, melody, and rhythm.
The analytical study that follows the score provides insight to the compositional methods and tools which were employed in the …
Intelligentsia Suite: Score And Analysis, Charles Douglas Haarhues
Intelligentsia Suite: Score And Analysis, Charles Douglas Haarhues
Masters Theses
The thesis includes the score of the musical composition Intelligentsia Suite by Charles Haarhues and an analysis of the work by the composer.
The composition is in two movements and is scored for symphonic winds, percussion, and piano. The specific instrumentation is:
Woodwinds: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English Horn in F, 3 clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet, and 2 bassoons.
Brass: 4 French horns in F, 2 trumpets in B-flat, 2 trombones, bass trombone, and tuba.
Percussion: vibraphone, xylophone, suspended cymbal, snare drum, bass drum, whip, tambourine, castanets, triangle, tam-tam, and 3 timpani.
Grand piano.
The purpose of the …
Overture For Chamber Band: Score And Analysis, Shinjung Kim
Overture For Chamber Band: Score And Analysis, Shinjung Kim
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Fabrications For Winds And Percussion: An Analysis, Douglas G. Nicholson
Fabrications For Winds And Percussion: An Analysis, Douglas G. Nicholson
Masters Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to give an analytical description of Fabrications for Winds and Percussion. Part one of this document includes discussion, charts of information, and musical examples. Part two is the original score of the work.
The analysis describes each of the main musical elements, and relates the elements to one another. Charts are included showing relationships between different parts of the composition. Musical examples are presented to help identify and explain the main melodic ideas and accompanimental structures.
Fabrications is in one movement and is approximately eight and one-half minutes in duration. The formal structure …
Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra, Roseane Yampolschi
Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra, Roseane Yampolschi
Masters Theses
In one movement, the "Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra" is divided into five sections and a cadenza. It proposes to question the classical predominance of the solo instrument over the orchestra. A thoughtful distribution and diversification of roles performed by the soloist and the orchestra offers, as an alternative, a balanced interplay between these two protagonists.
Sections A and B supply material used in the other sections. Their main parameters are the predominance of some pitch intervals and the simultaneous use of different rhythmic organizations forming distinct textures. Section C stands quite freely from sections A and B for its …
Transcendent Journeys, Spiritual Frontiers And Analysis, Peter H. Fischer
Transcendent Journeys, Spiritual Frontiers And Analysis, Peter H. Fischer
Masters Theses
Transcendent Journeys, Spiritual Frontiers is a musical composition for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, violoncello, and conductor. The thesis consists of a reduced conductor's score and a written analysis. The texts are "The Moon and the Yew Tree" by Sylvia Plath, "Heart of Autumn" by Robert Penn Warren, and "Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats. The composition consists of an instrumental prelude, followed by the three poems set as a song cycle.
The music features a different compositional technique for each song: the first song, "The Moon and the Yew Tree," uses mixed mode tertian sonorities; the third song, "Byzantium," …
Concerto For Saxophone And Orchestra: Score And Analysis, Jonathan Clarke Schwabe
Concerto For Saxophone And Orchestra: Score And Analysis, Jonathan Clarke Schwabe
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
"Four Dreams": A Chamber Symphony, Richard Pauley
"Four Dreams": A Chamber Symphony, Richard Pauley
Masters Theses
"Four Dreams" is a four-movement work for chamber orchestra. It was composed between January and May, 1985, in Charleston, Illinois. Elements from different style periods are used in the composition. Modal harmony, whose origins date back to the Middle Ages, is prevalent. Imitative devices associated with Renaissance and Baroque music are also employed, as well as such Twentieth Century techniques as dodecaphony and polychord writing. It is the first symphonic work by the composer. It is suitable for performance on the college or professional level. Its duration is approximately 18 minutes.
Two Movements For Orchestra, Larry A. Cox
Chamber Work, Larry Simpson
Sea-Night: A Cantata, Louis William Cowen