Abstract
dc:description.abstractMöbius: for Orchestra attempts to explore an alternative use of the material that typically appears in the development section of a piece composed in sonata form. By using the modified themes in the recapitulation rather than disregarding them entirely, the A-B-A' form of the basic sonata becomes more of an A-B-(A'+B'). Much like the mathematical function this piece is named after – a loop whose ending is never identical to its beginning and whose mirror-image lacks symmetry – the listener is brought to a new ending with familiar, non-repeated material. Many times throughout the piece, the listener will hear up to three tonal centers at once, though differences in range, color, texture and dynamics give the effect of a single tonal center with a certain amount of unease. Ostinatos and long notes also help to dissuade the ear from settling on a comfortable sound, ending with uncertainty, much like it began.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.M.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Music
- Year
- 2006
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Cipolone, Anthony Dominic-Paul
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Sieg, Jerry
- Taylor, Charles
- Williams, Robin
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/472
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1472