Striking Implement and Surface Area Specification in Unaccompanied Multiple Percussion Solos: Its Compositional Significance

This thesis is an examination of how the composer's written specifications with regard to striking implements and surface areas contribute to the structure of selected multiple percussion solos. Striking implements are defined as objects or parts of the human hand which make percussive contact with an instrumental surface. Surface areas are regions of topographies, enclosed by boundaries or edges, and designated to be struck by an implement. The center of a snare drum head, for example, is a region within the topography known as the drum head, or membrane. A snare drum stick is an implement used to strike it.

Name thesis:degree_name

D.M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Adams, Daniel Clifford

• Music

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8600111

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70842