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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Harmonic Language"”.
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Hendrik Hofmeyr: the harmonic language of a theorist and composer theorist
… engagement with music through his theories of harmonic analysis and his use of expanded tonality in his compositions. The purpose of the discipline of music analysis is investigated, and analysis is compared with its sister disciplines to consolidate its vital role in relation to musical study …
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Scriabin's Harmonic Language: Manifestations of Symmetry In Opus 52 and A Transcription For Chamber Orchestra
… composer Alexander Scriabin and his unique harmonic language. Notion of symmetry and its numerous manifestations will be the primary focus and lenses through which Scriabin's harmonic language will be explored in greater detail. The piano cycle <em>Trois Morceaux</em>, Opus 52 has been …
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The Use of Eastern Orthodox Chants and Their Impact on the Harmonic Language of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's All-Night Vigil
Composed between 1881 and 1882, the Russian Orthodox liturgical work All-Night Vigil, op.52 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky exhibits two distinctive characteristics. One is that Tchaikovsky used the Eastern Orthodox chant melodies, and second he makes the submediant chord a significant part of his …
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New Resources in Twentieth-Century Piano Music and Richard Wilson's Eclogue (1974)
… modern music. The discussion of new resources in harmonic language, timbre, texture, form and concept of time has a direct bearing on aspects of Richard Wilson's Eclogue itself as well as aspects of performance problems. American Composer, Richard Wilson, has written three substantial piano solo …
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COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT ONE OF JENNIFER HIGDON’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
… and contrapuntal development, along with the harmonic language employed in this movement, to prove that these traits are at the heart of Higdon's compositional voice and are what make her works accessible, yet engaging. The thesis will then provide a formal analysis of the complete work, …
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A Study of Selected Clarinet Music of Brian Israel
… chord splitting, mode mixture, and an increasing harmonic language, and is inspired by the poetry of Kenneth Patchen, a World War II poet. There are four movements to this work: "O, sleeping falls the maiden snow," "O when I take my love out walking," "The lions of fire," and "I have lighted the …
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Abstractions from Spectral Sonorities
… I examine various ways by which resonant harmonic colours of the natural overtone series might be abstracted from their Natural context(s), categorised, studied, understood, and finally deployed within a harmonic language which is to some extent musically functional rather than merely …
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William Averitt's "Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Matthew": An Analysis With Conducting Considerations
… American shape note hymns, and contemporary harmonic language. A theoretical analysis describes the harmonic structure of the twelve scenes and the use of shape note hymns as chorales through structural and melodic adaptations. Conducting considerations, composer biography and information on …
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Through the Prism of the Wellspring: From National, to Societal, to Individual in Marin Goleminov's String Quartets
… style, particularly with respect to form, harmonic language, and overall accessibility. The final chapter is about the Microquartet, Goleminov's fourth quartet, and provides a more in-depth examination of his mature artistic voice that began in the 1960s, focusing on his understanding of …
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Penthesilea
… features contrapuntal writing, elaborate harmonic language and Leitmotif technique. The performance time is approximately 40 minutes.
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"Petr Eben's Oratorio ""Apologia Sokratus"" (1967) and Ballet ""Curses and Blessings"" (1983): An Interpretative Analysis of the Symbolism Behind the Text Settings and Musical Style"
… and vocal aleatoricism on the other. His harmonic language includes bitonality and polytonality, used to augment the tonal legacy of earlier times, together with elements of pitch collections and limited serial procedures as well as various secundal and quartal harmonic sonorities derived …
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Latin Mass for Choir, Orchestra, Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano Soloists
… parts of the Roman Catholic Mass Ordinary. The language is set mainly in Latin with two exceptions: the Kyrie movement is set in Greek (which is the standard Roman Catholic setting), and the Credo is simultaneously recited in English and sung in Latin. The work is scored using conventional …
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Fusion of Musical Processes and Spirituality in Jonathan Harvey's Music: A Structure Analysis of Jonathan Harvey's Cello Concerto
… relationships between musical parameters. The harmonic language, such as the interactions between the multilayered harmonic units, the harmonic progression, the harmonic prolongation, and the harmonic rhythm, is one of the important bases of the gestural analysis. The other musical parameters …
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Claude Debussy's Nocturnes and His Musical Style In the1890s
… and early twentieth century. His innovative harmonic language changed principles of tonal music which had existed for more than two hundred years. Debussy established a new musical style, and his innovations have influenced generations of composers.</p> <p>In the 1890s Debussy freed himself …
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Understanding the Organ Music of Olivier Messiaen: Optical Illusions Versus Aural Realities
… of mutation stops is a part of his musical and harmonic language often overlooked as colorful or mere tone painting.
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the game: a contemporary opera in one act
… as well as incorporating specific keys and harmonic language to represent the different locations - Tygon and Earth.</p>
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An Analysis of Max Reger's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
… Bach's unaccompanied works for cello. The harmonic language of the suites, however, is consistent with the era in which Reger lived. The combination of historicist influences and early twentieth-century modernist influences in Reger's work has been misunderstood for much of the century that …
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The Prayer of Daniel: for flute (with alto flute), clarinet (with bass clarinet), violin, cello, doumbek, percussion, piano, bass-baritone voice, and men's chorus
… on the behalf of a fallen nation. The harmonic language of the composition combines both classical contemporary and jazz sonorities. The rhythmic language is drawn from the meter of the text, and is used to underscore the emotion of the prayer. These elements combine to form a rich …
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Clear Sound for Clarinet and Orchestra
… Sound, I endeavored to fit my own pan-tonal harmonic language, which does not function under the tonic-dominant rules of common practice, into the Sonata-Allegro form, a formal design predicated on harmonic relationships. The piece roughly follows the Exposition-Development-Recapitulation …
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Sonata for Piano (1963) by Sergei Michailovich Slonimsky: Musical Analysis and Discussion on Interpretation and Performance
… the sonata-allegro form. In the analysis of the harmonic language of the piece, the composer's extensive use of Russian folk elements such as diatonic melodies, sigh motives, parallel triads, and simultaneous use of the lower third with the major triad is pointed out. The rest of the paper …
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