Portfolio of original compositions

Composition (Music);

Gormley, John ; MacDonald, Alistair, 1962- ; MacDonald, Alistair, 1962-

University:The University of St Andrews

Department:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

关键词: Composition (Music);   

Others  :  https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/7072/JohnGormleyPhDThesis_CriticalCommentary.pdf?sequence=11&isAllowed=y

来源: DR-NTU

【 摘 要 】

This folio and accompanying commentary draw together my compositional work over the period of the PhD and plot the development and exploration of a number techniques which are to be found in varying degrees in each of the works but with different emphases. These techniques include the use of: parallel structures and metres to provide a sense of independence of compositional ideas; parallel tonal centres within overarching schema to control and draw thematic material together; the use of rhetorical musical gestures that seek to break free of their context; fragmentation and the accumulation of material in terms of quantity and density in order to facilitate a sense of change; the limitation of pitch material in order to create a sense of stasis; and the use of slow sustained melodies that lack a clear pulse in order to create a sense of musical events that are not bound by time.