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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"melodic material"”.
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A Portfolio of Compositions and Commentary
… these pieces I explore a variety of melodic styles. Some of the melodic material is very formal and regular, and involves a high degree of internal repetition, while some is irregular and quasi-improvisatory, involving only a minimal degree of internal repetition. Most of the melodic …
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Memories of My Hometown
… standing on the snow-covered mountains. The melodic material of this movement is excerpted from the song called Xin Hua Tian Ying composed by Jiang Kui, a composer of the Song Dynasty (1154-1221). I chiefly interwove the melodic material into the orchestral tutti to reflect the steadfast and …
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Ethics in Kakadu (1988): Finding Djilile’s “True Tracks”
… score’s foreword, Sculthorpe asserts that “the melodic material in <em>Kakadu</em>, as in much of my recent music, was suggested by the contours and rhythms of Aboriginal chant.” Sculthorpe attributed this melodic material to the Arnem Land chant, <em>Djilile</em>. Consequently, Sculthorpe has …
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Musical expression in automated composition of melodies
… of moods (e.g., happy, lively) and generates melodic passages intended to evoke those moods in an organized, coherent fashion. EMOTER composes the basic units of music called phrases. The program uses the mood-specification from a theory due to Deryck Cooke to derive a few motifs (very …
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A Faint Light
… and a coda. It consists of two main musical materials: a dance-like motive with irregular accents, and a pentatonic thematic melody. The two materials have been developed throughout the piece. The motive was derived from a sacrifice dance from Yunnan, a province located in southwest China. …
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An Examination of Laude: Four Character Sketches for Solo Trumpet in B-flat or C by Stanley Friedman, together with Three Recitals of Selected Works by Joseph Haydn, George Fredrick Handel, Eric Ewazen, and Others
… analysis of the work and probable sources for melodic material. The motivic development and form of each movement of the work are also explored. The final chapter includes recommendations for the performance of Laude and is followed by a summary and conclusion.
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The Autumn Leaves Swirl in Crisp October Wind
… dance around the brass, who expand upon the melodic material from “Bursting with Color”.
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Motivic, rhythmic, and harmonic procedures of unification in Stephen Sondheim's Company and A little night music
… syncopation, and hemiola as primary rhythmic material.2. In both scores, Sondheim presents his primary motives at the beginning of the score and uses them exclusively to generate all melodic material in the work.3. Sondheim is consistent in his harmonic language, revealing a decided preference …
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Passé recomposé: Neoclassical Sonata Form in Interwar France
… Form, employs a form-functional approach to melodic material rather than tonal-harmonic material, allowing this theory to be applied to this repertoire, despite the various systems of post-tonal pitch organization. The analyses reveal that the treatment of melodic elements can be used to …
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Naya Jeevan, concerto for double bass and wind ensemble
… extensive heterophony, and extremely limited melodic materials. Both movements employ a variety of recurring and overlapping pitch and rhythmic patterns that are treated semi-canonically on the micro level and cyclically on the macro level. It is the shifting alignment of all these recurring …
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Amega: A synthesis of ancient, traditional and contemporary musics
… the structure of the composition as well as the melodic material used. Finally, chapter 5 defines the dithyramb with reference to both music and dance and establishes this kind of ancient interdisciplinary art form in the context of contemporary performance theory. Amega redefines the qualities …
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Abandoning Abuse: Acknowledging Adoption in the 21 Century
… uses repetitive piano motives that underlie the melodic lines of the voice, flute, and cello. This choice explores harmonic and melodic possibilities that expand minimal accompaniment. Much of the harmonic language is flavored with jazz through the use of extended chords. To Eli, aims to expand …
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Concerto for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra
… it will briefly analyze some of the harmonic and melodic material used in the piece and it will discuss the form of the piece; both movement-to-movement and on a smaller scale within each of the three movements. I was fascinated with the bassoon's potential since scoring for it in my first chamber …
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Creating Clausulae at Notre-Dame-de-Paris: A Study of Compositional Processes and Techniques
… to illuminate the precise ways that musical materials have been devised, organised, and structured. By placing Parisian manuscript sources of chant at the centre of clausula analysis for the first time, this thesis exposes a spectrum of possibilities available to singers as they set these …