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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"octatonic"”.
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Octatonic Pitch Structure and Motivic Organization in George Walker's Canvas for Wind Ensemble, Voices, and Chorus
… analysis considers Walker's sophisticated use of octatonic collections and their subsets. Walker uses the three transpositions of the octatonic scale as a harmonic framework for the work. Within this framework, specific subsets of the collection are used in traditional harmonic ways. A hierarchy …
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Structural Octatonicism in Cindy McTee's Symphony No.1: Ballet for Orchestra
… composed primarily of pitch materials from the octatonic collections that contain both diatonic and non-diatonic relationships in the themes, harmonic content, and larger structure of the symphony. Because the octatonic collections contain the potential for both diatonic and non-diatonic …
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Ran, Shulamit: Concerto da Camera II, Analysis of Pitch and Formal Structure
… 2) the manipulation of the notes of whole-tone, octatonic, and chromatic scales in octave displacement, 3) the potential combination of subsets that present different levels of pitch transformation in melodic and harmonic structure, and 4) the usage of intervals of minor seconds, tritones, and …
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Composition No. 1, quintet for two violins, viola, cello, and sampler
… of thematic material, starting with a simple octatonic theme. This theme, in the vein of the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar, is used throughout the work in a myriad of methods. The sixteenth note motif from the second movement transforms, over the course of the work, to an augmented …
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Sonority and Linear Structure in Three Early Works of Olivier Messiaen
… informed by the interaction of diatonic and octatonic collections, and set-class analysis. The latter approach incorporates the harmonic complexity index (HCI) as an innovative harmonic measure calculated from the interval-class vector of each set-class. Informed by established and recent …
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Peter Lieberson's First Piano Concerto: A Buddhist-inspired poetic vision realized through twelve-tone language, other contemporary compositional techniques, together with three recitals of works by Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Albéniz, Grieg, Ginastera and Paderecki
… of twelve-tone theory and the resulting octatonic, pentatonic, and whole-tone scales. Chapter IV introduces a general overview of the influence of Buddhism as a source of inspiration in the Piano Concerto. Chapter V examines aspects of performance practice issues. Chapter VI provides …
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A study of the Quintet for Piano and Strings by Richard Danielpour
… between diatonic and special collections (e.g. octatonic, whole-tone, and pentatonic scales). A final chapter takes up general issues of relationships between and among the movements, focused on Danielpour’s stylistic characteristics found in the Quintet for Piano and Strings.
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Crossroads of the Earth
… section (mm.20-60) utilizes whole tone and octatonic tone clusters, along with abrupt shifts in dynamics and registers, conveying a sense of tension and crisis. This section suggests that human behaviors are gradually leading to a series of detrimental consequences in our lives. In the third …
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"Between the Staves" - Adaptations of Debussy's Six épigraphes antiques and Creative Tasks of the Performer
… moulds, such as the whole-tone, chromatic, octatonic, and mirroring techniques reflect the omnipresent symmetry of Classical Greece. Various other artistic creations emanated from the Épigraphes, most significantly the orchestration of Ernest Ansermet in 1939. A look at the techniques used …
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From a Dark Millennium Comes the Music of Amber: A Comparative Study of Two Works by Joseph Schwantner
… in this music is based almost entirely on an octatonic scale of alternating whole and half steps. Very little musical material is used in these works, however the approach toward expanding this material is exceptionally creative. The music shifts abruptly from sections that are sparse and …
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Brightside for Orchestra
… materials including twelve-tone collections and octatonic scales. I also used timbral contrast to enhance the form, reworking ideas from the Baroque concerto grosso. The ritornellos generally make use of the orchestral tutti and the episodes focus on particular families of the orchestra. (B: …
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Symmetrical Features of Nikolai Medtner's Language: The Grzovaya Sonata, Opus 53 No. 2
… as the tritone, the French sixth chord, and the octatonic scale, and made endless and increasingly intricate explorations into these stuctures and the ways in which these apparently nontonal, non-hierarchical forms could be coordinated with the fundamental hierarchy of asymmetrical tonal forms, …
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Antumbra - Concerto for Classical Guitar and Chamber Orchestra
… ‘modes of limited transposition,’ such as the octatonic and whole-tone scales, whose spiraling nature is reflective of the psychological sensations of depression, mesmerization, and hysteria. These modes are counter-balanced with the more resonant major and minor pentatonic modes, which …
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Towards a performance of Scriabin's Sonata No. 6, Op. 62: a practice-led exploration
… future of society – led to experimentation with octatonic, whole-tone and bi-tonal harmonic and melodic patterns, most clearly demonstrated in the formation of the mystic chord. The extra-musical significance of these sonic explorations are related by Scriabin in the unusual descriptions found in …
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The flute music of Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) : analysis and performance notes
… avoids diatonic scales in favor of chromatic and octatonic pitch sets. The formal structure of the music is closely related to Burkhardʼs treatment of tonality. Pitch and rhythmic motives are integral to Burkhardʼs music and appear in both melodic and secondary lines. He uses ostinato figures in …
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Redwall Symphonic Poem for Orchestra
… the Tyrant. He is represented musically by the octatonic scale and a four note bass theme (F#- C-Ab-F). The fourth movement, “Mourning Rose,” displays Martin's grief at losing his love. Through this despair Martin's resolve grows as the movement builds. Eventually the chorale signals his …
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Analysis of two solo violin works by Hendrik Hofmeyr
… image interval patterns and the use of the octatonic scale are discussed as themes. The use of the vertical 2:3 rhythm, an unusual technique on the solo violin, is noted. Luamerava is analysed in connection with the characteristics of mbira music and African music. African and mbira …
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The later orchestral works of William Walton: a critical and analytical re-evaluation
… from the pre-war works by the presence of octatonic, twelve-note, hexatonic and other non-diatonic harmonic constructions in the foreground, and a change from teleological to network-based or rotational background structures. My analyses adopt a deliberately eclectic range of analytical …
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A Theory of Orthography and the Fundamental Bass for the Late Oeuvre of Scriabin
… By extending Cheong Wai Ling’s concept of the octatonic referent, Chapter 3 of this dissertation presents an idealized super-space summarizing Scriabin’s spelling practices: the chromatic referent, which subsumes spelling practices adopted on both surface level chord structures and deeper …
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Frank Zappa and the Orchestra Question: Dissonant Clatter or Well-Crafted Design
… scalar derived structures exploiting both the octatonic and Minor Lydian scales, yet retaining fragmental and sectional repetition techniques. The analysis of “Bob in Dacron” in chapter 5 illuminates the process of intervallic manipulation and confirms the importance of recurrent ideas …
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