Abstract
dc:descriptionThis study examines Jonathan Harvey’s core musical processes and spiritual background through his four string quartets—No. 1 (1977), No. 2 (1988), No. 3 (1995), and No. 4 (2003). The paper surveys Harvey’s eclectic background in religion and musical education, and several trends with which he is associated—serialism, spectralism, electronic music, and spiritual music. Four chapters are dedicated to discussing unique analytical aspects of each quartet. The First Quartet’s multiple structural levels show a Schenkerian global approach. At the local level, a governing principle of integral serialism is found. The Second Quartet’s primary materials derive from a melodic chain. The Third Quartet’s instrumental writing is inspired by electronic music and shows Harvey’s evolution in timbre. The use of a symmetrical harmonic field symbolizes a floating state and freedom from obsession. The Fourth Quartet, one of his most representative pieces incorporating electronics, uses several processing techniques (amplification, spatialization, harmonizers, time stretching, and granulation) signifying the ambiguity of the live sound source. The final chapter investigates Harvey’s ideas of spirituality. Some analytical findings are shown to have direct parallels with tenets of Buddhism.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- A.Mus.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Music
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2013
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Seo, Ju Ri
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Tharp, Reynold
- Magee, Gayle S.
- Lund, Erik R.
- Heiles, William H.
Subjects
dc:subject × 23Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 2013 Ju Ri Seo
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44243
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/44243