As Darkness Falls: A Composition for Wind Ensemble

As Darkness Falls is a composition that explores our interaction with several aspects of darkness through the use of musical imagery. The imagery attempts to reflect the moods, feelings, and impressions of a person as he or she interacts with darkness. The non-programmatic character of the composition allows listeners to superimpose their own experiences onto the musical tapestry in order to manifest a personal connection between the listener and the music. As Darkness Falls is a composition scored for a minimum instrumentation of piccolo, 6 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 bassoons, 9 B-flat clarinets, B-flat bass clarinet, 2 E-flat alto saxophones, B-flat tenor saxophone, E-flat baritone saxophone, 4 B-flat trumpets, 4 horns in F, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone, 2 euphoniums, 2 tubas, timpani, and 4 percussionists. The music consists of three movements (slow-slow-fast) lasting a total of approximately seventeen minutes. The duration of each of the three movements is six minutes, four and one-half minutes, and six and one-half minutes, respectively. The document also contains an analysis of the work by the composer. The analysis explores the compositional style of the work, focusing on musical aspects within each movement that were governing parameters in the compositional process.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

1999

Author dc:creator

• Prinz, Kendall R.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Klein, Joseph, 1962-
• Little, Donald C.
• Nelson, Jon Christopher

• Band music -- Scores.
• wind ensemble
• non-programmatic music
• musical imagery
• compositional style
• three movements

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Prinz, Kendall R.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 47249011
untcat: b2302351
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