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The Memory Of Persistence, Scott Pfitzinger
The Memory Of Persistence, Scott Pfitzinger
Graduate Thesis Collection
This composition for Wind Ensemble (like Concert Band but usually only one player on a part) was Scott Master's Thesis for completing a Master of Music degree in Composition at Butler University. Written in 2010, the piece is a combination of styles, philosophies, and techniques, all in balance with each other. Avant-garde and traditional techniques are used; tonality and atonality vie with each other, resulting in a combination of the two; specific musical directions are balanced by a degree of choice available to each participant.
“The Memory of Persistence” is about a journey. No specific personal story is presented, nor …