Orchestrational Markedness and Its Effect on Form
This study analyses the structural role of orchestration in small and large forms. Orchestration's influence is examined by applying Robert S. Hatten's expressive genre theory specifically in its use of marked and unmarked events signaling a change in musical style and/or orchestrational n...
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ndltd-fsu.edu-oai-fsu.digital.flvc.org-fsu_1760732020-06-05T03:07:46Z Orchestrational Markedness and Its Effect on Form Steetle, Kathryn E. (authoraut) Shaftel, Matthew (professor directing thesis) Jones, Evan Allan (committee member) Callender, Clifton (committee member) College of Music (degree granting department) Florida State University (degree granting institution) Text text Florida State University Florida State University English eng 1 online resource computer application/pdf This study analyses the structural role of orchestration in small and large forms. Orchestration's influence is examined by applying Robert S. Hatten's expressive genre theory specifically in its use of marked and unmarked events signaling a change in musical style and/or orchestrational norm and thereby influencing how one perceives small and large forms. In Chapter 2, examples are taken from Haydn's Surprise Symphony, movement 4, to illustrate a marked silence acting in lieu of a transition passage; Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, to illustrate a marked change in timbre as a section indicator; and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, movement 3, to show how subtle marked changes in instrument family affect large and small forms. In Chapter 3, two formal analyses of Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Orchestra are given, one based on traditional analytical methods and the other using expressive genre analytical model, historically documented degree of dignity, and the use of voice lines/instrumental lines. As evidenced in this paper, orchestrational techniques change with each piece, but the process of orchestration is ubiquitous regardless of era, composer, or genre. Expressive genre theory, because of its culturally derived basis, proves to be a viable means to analyze the role of orchestration within the compositional process of composers of many eras. A Thesis Submitted to the College of Music in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Music. Spring Semester, 2007. January 19, 2007. Orchestrational norms, Brahms, Marked/unmarked events Includes bibliographical references. Matthew Shaftel, Professor Directing Thesis; Evan Allan Jones, Committee Member; Clifton Callender, Committee Member. Music FSU_migr_etd-1565 http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-1565 This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). The copyright in theses and dissertations completed at Florida State University is held by the students who author them. http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A176073/datastream/TN/view/Orchestrational%20Markedness%20and%20Its%20Effect%20on%20Form.jpg |
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This study analyses the structural role of orchestration in small and large forms. Orchestration's influence is examined by applying Robert S. Hatten's expressive genre theory specifically in its use of marked and unmarked events signaling a change in musical style and/or orchestrational norm and thereby influencing how one perceives small and large forms. In Chapter 2, examples are taken from Haydn's Surprise Symphony, movement 4, to illustrate a marked silence acting in lieu of a transition passage; Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, to illustrate a marked change in timbre as a section indicator; and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, movement 3, to show how subtle marked changes in instrument family affect large and small forms. In Chapter 3, two formal analyses of Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Orchestra are given, one based on traditional analytical methods and the other using expressive genre analytical model, historically documented degree of dignity, and the use of voice lines/instrumental lines. As evidenced in this paper, orchestrational techniques change with each piece, but the process of orchestration is ubiquitous regardless of era, composer, or genre. Expressive genre theory, because of its culturally derived basis, proves to be a viable means to analyze the role of orchestration within the compositional process of composers of many eras. === A Thesis Submitted to the College of Music in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Music. === Spring Semester, 2007. === January 19, 2007. === Orchestrational norms, Brahms, Marked/unmarked events === Includes bibliographical references. === Matthew Shaftel, Professor Directing Thesis; Evan Allan Jones, Committee Member; Clifton Callender, Committee Member. |
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