Clear Sound for Clarinet and Orchestra

Clear Sound is the opening movement of a larger three movement concerto for solo clarinet and orchestra being written for clarinetist and conductor Luis Viquez Cordoba. I set out to compose a traditionally structured concerto, utilizing a three movement design, and further modeling each movement in a traditional manner i.e, a Sonata-Allegro first movement, a slow middle movement based around a song-like theme, and a Scherzo final movement in Rondo form. With the opening movement, Clear Sound, I endeavored to fit my own pan-tonal harmonic language, which does not function under the tonic-dominant rules of common practice, into the Sonata-Allegro form, a formal design predicated on harmonic relationships. The piece roughly follows the Exposition-Development-Recapitulation design of classic Sonata-Allegro form, with the addition of two virtuosic cadenzas – the first acting as a large portion of the development section - a searching exploration of the themes that have been presented. The second cadenza acts as a bridge between the end of the recapitulation and a short codetta that rounds out the form.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.M.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music Composition (UMKC)

Grantor

University of Missouri--Kansas City

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Stevenson, Benjamin Joel

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Chen, Yi, 1953-

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10355/49254

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/49254