TELLING STORIES: AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH-MELODY COMPOSITIONS AND AN ORIGINAL SPEECH-MELODY COMPOSITION FOR WIND ENSEMBLE

<p>This thesis explores the compositional technique of speech melody and provides a brief historical overview of speech in music. This thesis also examines recent works (2005-2014) that have sourced their melodies from the spoken word and in turn creates an original composition for wind ensemble consisting of melodies sourced from recordings of members of United States military forces speaking about their lived experiences. In conjunction with the analytical and compositional aspects of this thesis, I also conducted an interview with Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis (Jacob TV). i</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Music

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Music

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Cheek, Kevin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Stephen Lias
• Dr. Samantha Inman
• Dr. Jamie Weaver

• Speech melody
• speech and music
• speech-melody technique
• Jacob TV
• Steve Reich
• Robert Davidson
• Composition
• Musicology
• Music Theory

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/445

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1470