Type
Text
Type
Dissertation
Advisor
Silver, Sheila | Sheila Silver | Daniel Weymouth | Daria Semegen | Edward Smaldone.
Date
2010-12-01
Keywords
Music
Department
Department of Music
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/72561
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
O Frabjous Day is a composition for symphony orchestra (2-2-2-2, 4-2-2-1, timp, 3perc, pno, hp, strings, with standard doublings). The duration is approximately 13 minutes.The piece is based on the idea of setting large-scale musical elements in counterpoint with one another. A sequence of independent musical ideas are introduced, with contrasting meters, tempi, orchestral colors, and textures. At the climax, after all these different musics have been spun out and developed in various ways, they are heard simultaneously. While they retain their independent nature, and are out of synch with each other in terms of meter, tempo, and phrasing, they blend together to form a consonant harmonic progression.
Recommended Citation
Kaila, Ilari, "O Frabjous Day" (2010). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 1765.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/1765