Germinal Ideas and Processes within plies (2002): A Chamber Work for Eleven Players

The piece is a twenty minute work discoursing the integration and eventual dissolution of two separate musical strands. The pitch material of each strand is determined from synthetic scales whose intervalic content duplicates at the following intervals: Perfect 12th, Diminished 12th, Minor 9th, Perfect 8ve, and Major 7th. A proportional means of temporal compression is generated through the use of the factor, 11/15 (e.g. Event 2 is 11/15 the duration of Event 1). Various elements of jazz music informed the construction of plies, including the instrumentation of the ensemble and the means by which the performers interact throughout the piece. Internal cueing and performer decisions are meant to eliminate the need of a conductor in favor of increased interpretive freedom by the performers.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Stecher, David

Contributors dc:contributor

• Klein, Joseph, 1962-
• Phipps, Graham Howard
• Nelson, Jon Christopher

• Instrumental ensembles -- Scores.
• Jazz -- 2001-2010.
• plies
• synthetic scales
• ad libitum
• jazz music

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Stecher, David
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 52230019
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3309/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc3309

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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