Of fire and rain.

Of Fire and Rain is an eleven-minute work for full orchestra. Through its musical materials it explores the idea of two contrasting elements, fire and water, as symbols. Conflict, balance, suffering, and healing are among the themes underlying this pairing, and the piece addresses these ideas both structurally and in the materials themselves. The piece is composed of five major sections. The first is a slow introduction which provides much of the motivic and harmonic material for the rest of the piece. The second section contains material expressing the idea of fire. This music is fast, accented, rhythmic, and dissonant, building to a large climax. Following is a section representing water, or rain. Its material is slow, sustained, consonant, and harmonically static. More fire material comes next and it builds to the largest climax of the piece. The work ends with a condensed statement of the water music, fading into the trio of swelling ocean drums which conclude the piece.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.M.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Grantor

Baylor University.

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Murphy, Joanna.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• McAllister, Scott.

• Orchestral music -- Scores.
• Murphy, Joanna -- Of Fire and Rain.

Statement dc:rights

• Baylor University works are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2104/4739

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:baylor-ir.tdl.org:2104/4739