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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Polytonality"”.
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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"
… 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 from them. His music features the vibrant …
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Electronic String Quartet #1
… This piece incorporates pitch-set theory, polytonality, Lydian and Phrygian church modes, microtonal pitch sweeps, and percussive effects. The electronic effects used in the composition were reverb, delay with tempo control, tube-amplifier distortion, and flanger or filter sweep generator. …
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Graduate Recital, Clarinet
… including neoclassicism, expressionism, and polytonality, that can be derived from Eastern-European folk-songs. In this regard, the program itself highlights the relevance of folk-music as a viable source of inspiration for artistic expression.
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Polymodality, counterpoint, and heptatonic synthetic scales in jazz composition; and its application in an original piece "Polymodal Jazz Suite for Quartet”
This dissertation explores the application of polymodality through contrapuntal and homophonic means, combined with heptatonic synthetic scales in jazz composition. The research concentrates on three main areas: polymodality, as developed by Western art composers of the first half of the twentieth …
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Frost, for jazz orchestra : exploring new conceptual, harmonic, formal, and timbral approaches to jazz composition
The following text is a conceptual and formal analysis of a new jazz orchestra work premiered by the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra on April 13, 2019. The piece, Frost, explores new conceptual and structural devices inspired by the works and writings of various 20th century and contemporary …