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Harvey, Stephen P. "Jazz Chamber Music: An Analysis of Chris Potter’s Imaginary Cities and a Musical Composition." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1471354255.
Full textChirwa, Kabelo Ufulu. "Encumbered Existence| A Three Movement Work for Jazz Orchestra." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10279545.
Full textEncumbered Existence is a three-movement programmatic work for jazz orchestra that uses specific events in African-American history to capture the struggle of African- Americans and emotions provoked by these events. The first movement, ?The State of the World,? and last movement, ?Between the World and Me,? capture painful events such as the shooting of Trayvon Martin. ?Between the World and Me? uses the dates of Martin?s birth and death as set classes to guide the piece. The second movement, ?The Dream,? portrays a hopeful attitude and is inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the ?I Have a Dream? speech. Encumbered Existence is 314 measure long. Prior to the score, an analysis of the piece provides an outline of the overall structure of the work as well as illustrations of the musical quotations used throughout the piece. The compositional decisions made during the creative process are explained by highlighting individual musical moments in the piece and then examining their correlation to the work. All inspirational material is also discussed.
Ormsby, Verle A. "John Jacob Graas, Jr. : jazz horn performer, jazz composer, and arranger." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/560288.
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Norton, Benjamin D. "Little Eichmanns: A Composition for Chamber Octet." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/18.
Full textHansson, Clare. "Marian McPartland, jazz pianist : an overview of a musical career." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16621/.
Full textHansson, Clare. "Marian McPartland, jazz pianist : an overview of a musical career." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16621/1/Clare_Hansson_Thesis.pdf.
Full textMacDonald, Glyn Alan. "Towards interaction: Combining jazz techniques and idiomatic writing for Varied ensembles. A collection of musical works -and- An exegesis." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2019. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2204.
Full textRays, Luís Gustavo Carvalho Alonso. "A trajetória musical do compositor brasileiro Djalma de Andrade = Bola Sete." [s.n.], 2018. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/283940.
Full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes
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Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta e analisa os elementos musicais pertencentes aos diferentes estilos e gêneros que caracterizam a obra do compositor e músico brasileiro Djalma de Andrade, mais conhecido nos meios musicais como "Bola Sete", evidenciados neste trabalho pela notável influência do jazz em suas composições e os reflexos de sua vida pessoal, como a sua origem humilde, sua dedicação à arte como meio de sobrevivência, sua espiritualidade, a busca do reconhecimento profissional em outros países e as parcerias com importantes músicos seus contemporâneos, pois estamos cientes da importância e necessidade de contribuir para com a historiografia da música brasileira, bem como da carência de trabalhos direcionados à interpretação das obras para o violão. Os elementos acima mencionados que marcaram o estilo deste músico no cenário musical na segunda metade do século XX, de certa forma ajudaram a construir a cultura popular musical brasileira, consolidada por outros personagens de nosso país. Os achados desta pesquisa tiveram como fonte principal o acervo particular Anne Sete, a viúva do compositor, que despreendidamente contemplounos com informações privadas como cartas, partituras, gravações e recortes de jornais e revistas contendo artigos que retratam a trajetória deste incomparável músico, tendo em vista que sua vida e obra são pouco conhecidas no meio acadêmico. O primeiro capítulo desta pesquisa recupera a trajetória pessoal e profissional do compositor e músico objeto desta investigação apresentando uma apreciação crítica dessas fontes bibliográficas. No segundo capítulo realizamos um estudo detalhado dos elementos musicais que caracterizam as composições de Djalma de Andrade identificando as suas sugestões interpretativas e apresentando os exemplos musicais em seus diferentes estilos e gêneros, observando, principalmente, a influência do jazz em suas composições. No terceiro capítulo, transcrevemos e analisamos algumas das obras, selecionadas a partir da sua importância na discografia nacional e internacional, pois, além de pesquisar e exemplificar os dados colhidos, ilustrando as reflexões sobre os elementos que caracterizam a obra do músico Djalma de Andrade, o Bola Sete, atendemos ao objetivo principal deste trabalho que é apresentar um estudo do repertório escrito para violão por este artista e incentivar novas criações e aperfeiçoamentos musicais que contribuam para a evolução e a inovação musical de nosso tempo
Abstract: This dissertation analyses the musical elements that belong to the different styles and genres that characterize the work of Djalma de Andrade, a Brazilian composer and musician, who is best known as "Bola Sete". This piece aims to exemplify the notable Jazz influences in the musicians work, as well as his personal life, his humble origins, his dedication to art as a means of survival, his spirituality, the search for professional recognition in other countries and the collaboration with other important musicians - for we are aware of the importance of contributing to the history of Brazilian music, as well as the lack of work that aims to interpret the art of the acoustic guitar. The elements above mentioned that marked the style of Djalma de Andrade in the second half of the 20th century, in many ways helped build the popular Brazilian musical culture, consolidated as well, by other characters of this country. The main reference for this research was the personal archive of Anne Sete, Djalma's widow, who unselfishly provided personal information such as letters and newspaper clippings containing the trajectory of this incomparable musician. We would like to point out that his life and work are not well known in academic circles. The first chapter of this research uncovers the musician's personal and professional trajectory with a critical appreciation of the archival material. The second chapter consists of a detailed study of the elements that were key in Djalma de Andrade's compositions - identifying interpretive suggestions and presenting musical examples of his different styles and genres. But mostly, we aim to reveal the jazz influence in his compositions. The third chapter is a transcription and analysis of a selection of his work, chosen due to their importance in the national and international repertoire. We have researched and exemplified the data, pondering about the elements that characterize the work of Djalma de Andrade, "Bola Sete" - but our main focus was to study the artist's acoustic guitar repertoire and hopefully inspire new work that contribute to the musical evolution and innovation of our times
Mestrado
Musica
Mestre em Música
Huntley, Alec Villars. "The Guaraldi Sound: The Musical Devices that Characterize Vince Guaraldi's Improvisational and Compositional Idiom." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1752365/.
Full textFeijão, Pedro Cipriano 1975. "Um algoritmo de criação de improvisos com harmonia de jazz." [s.n.], 2004. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/259104.
Full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação
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Resumo: Um levantamento detalhado dos trabalhos em composição computacional será apresentado. Um algoritmo de composição e performance em tempo real de solos de jazz foi criado, inspirado no estilo bebop. Técnicas utilizadas por músicos de bebop durante os seus improvisos foram implementadas usando-se várias regras. Um novo modelo estocástico, baseado no raciocínio de um músico durante o seu solo, escolhe a saída do algoritmo. O usuário pode avaliar a saída do algoritmo em tempo-real, e isto será utilizado em um processo de aprendizado supervisionado para modificar os parâmetros do modelo estocástico. Algumas amostras de saídas do algoritmo serão mostradas, junto com as conclusões
Abstract: An extensive review of the most prominent works in the field of computer music is presented. A real-time algorithm for composition and performance of jazz solos in the style of bebop was created. Techniques that bebop musicians use on their solos were implemented using several rules. A new stochastic model, inspired by the thinking of a musician during his solo chooses the algorithm output. The user evaluates the algorithm output in real-time, and this input is used in a supervised learning process to change the stochastic model parameters. Samplings of the algorithm output are shown, along with concluding remarks
Mestrado
Eletrônica, Microeletrônica e Optoeletrônica
Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica
Andersson, Anders-Petter. "Interaktiv musikkomposition." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-9771.
Full textLjudfiler till avhandlingens bilaga 1, http://musicalfieldsforever.com/dobedj_more.html; Videodokumentation av Do-Be-DJ, Interaktiv installation, http://musicalfieldsforever.com/dobedj_more.html; Videodokumentation av Mufi I och II, Interaktiv installation, http://musicalfieldsforever.com/mufi_more.html; Doktorandtjänsten finansierades av Interactive Institute; Musikinspelning finansierades av Framtidens Kultur genom Skiften på Malmö högskola
Interaktiv musikkomposition
Interactive Music Composition
Interaktiv ljuddesign
Interactive Sound Design
Musik och Hälsa
Music and Health
Carsalade, Pierre. "Paris transatlantique : les débuts de free jazz en france, des années 1960 aux années 1970 : essai d'analyse anthropologique de relations musicales transatlantiques." Paris, EHESS, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011EHES0451.
Full textThis thesis work is an anthropological and historical study of the reformulation of free jazz in France, in the 60's and 70's. In this formative period, european musicians started to emancipate from their epigonal position concerning american jazz, creating some local musical identity. A first research problematic concerns the anthropological analysis of the otherness brought by jazzistic musical practice. If jazz is fully part of our occidental modernity it also constitutes, at its ends, an alternative cultural model - an influent otherness in the same. The second research problematic is a reflexive turnround of this otherness approach. The transatlantic musical circulation which is at the very heart of this relation of Europe with the afro-american "other" is then examined in the perspective of a symetric anthropology and an anthropology of the near. By studying the way free jazz was reformulated in France, through relations to objects as between subjects, in the perspective of an anthropology of cultural change mobilizing the concepts of reformulation, bricolage and misunderstanding, the purpose of such a work is to examine our european cultural modernity, its limits and internal otherness. By doing so, this works intends to study the reception in France of a cultural otherness intimately articulated with the music, through an original method consisting of theorizing the musical practices instead of the formal features they determine, the socio-musical logics operating in these practices and finally the processes of symbolic circulation between practices, discursives formations and sensibles objects that inform musical creativity and produce local identity
Lin, Sheng-Hsin. "Background, Compositional Style, and Performance Considerations in the Clarinet Works of David Baker: Clarinet Sonata and Heritage: A Tribute to Great Clarinetists." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849742/.
Full textAué, Johannes. "(E)merging idioms: integrating jazz and classical ensembles." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/65483.
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Wilcher, Marcus. "A musical analysis of The abyss suite, a three-movement work for jazz orchestra." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3464.
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Shegolev, Aleksey. "Of Songwriting and Storytelling as learned through the composition of WAG! The Musical." Thèse, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/11444.
Full textWAG! The Musical est la seconde comédie musicale d'Aleksey Shegolev ainsi que la première à être exécutée dans un théâtre off-Broadway à New York durant l'été 2013. Une des premières comédies de William Shakespeare, Peines d’amour perdues, a servi d’inspiration pour son partenaire Julian Silverman (dramaturge) et lui (compositeur et librettiste) dans la composition de WAG!. Afin de moderniser le sujet shakespearien traité dans les Peines d’amour perdues, plusieurs ajustements ont été nécessaires. Dans le but de maintenir l’attention des spectateurs, le niveau d'intensité dans l’action doit constamment s'élever. Cette thèse traitera notamment des divers procédés musicaux employés dans le but de soutenir l’action. Le rock ' n' roll, ainsi que le jazz furent les principaux langages musicaux à avoir une forte influence sur cette composition. Conséquemment, à travers une analyse détaillée, Shegolev explique comment le rythme, l'harmonie et la texture construisent sa comédie musicale. De plus, la manière de rendre l’humour en musique, si nécessaire au genre comique, sera également objet de discussion dans cette dissertation. La dissertation sera clôturée par un chapitre qui traitera de l'expérience personnelle que Shegolev a accumulée au cours des ateliers de lecture et des répétitions aux quelles sa pièce a été assujettie, afin de monter WAG! dans un théâtre de production à petite échelle à New York.
WAG! The Musical is Aleksey Shegolev's second full-length musical and it is the first to be performed in an off-Broadway theatre in New York during the summer of 2013. The idea for the plot was inspired by William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour's Lost, and he and his partner, Julian Silverman, created a story fit for modern times. Shegolev was the composer and lyricist, while Silverman was the book writer. Good storytelling and strong songwriting depends on the characters having a goal to pursue as they overcome the obstacles in their paths. As the story progresses, the level of intensity must always rise to keep the audiences’ attention. Jazz and rock ‘n’ roll were the main musical influences on this piece and we will see how rhythm, harmony and texture played a part in creating WAG!. Musicalizing comedy by using various techniques in composition is another topic that will be explored. Finally, this dissertation will close with Shegolev's experiences during the workshop from dealing with the director to the endless revisions and cuts that had to be made before opening night.
Wilcher, Marcus. "Real talk." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/25255.
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Brace, Conor Lane. "A hero's journey : a modern musical exploration of the monomyth." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-662.
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Cayer, André. "Système de superposition arborescente et aspect soliste (le vibraphone et le bending tone) : éléments de détermination d’un langage musical personnel." Thèse, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/5394.
Full textCette thèse de doctorat comprend l’analyse, les partitions et les enregistrements sonores de plusieurs compositions musicales écrites et improvisées qui furent enregistrées au cours des années 2009 et 2010. Elle vise le développement des éléments de détermination d’un langage musical personnel. Pour ce faire, divers outils furent mis en place, tels que le développement d’un système mélodico harmonique flexible et l’expansion de la palette sonore du vibraphone, grâce à la maîtrise du bending tone. Le corps de cet ouvrage se divise donc en deux parties consacrées à l’élaboration du système de superposition arborescente et à l’aspect soliste recherchant la flexibilité, la virtuosité et l’élargissement des possibilités liées au son de cet instrument de musique. Les concepts élaborés sont appuyés par des illustrations, des références aux partitions et des exemples musicaux ciblés de type jazz et de type classique occidental.
This doctoral thesis involves the analysis, scores and sound recordings of several composed and improvised musical compositions recorded during the years 2009 – 2010. Its main objective is the development of elements determining a personal musical language. To achieve this objective, different tools were put in place such as the development of a flexible harmonic and melodic system and the expansion of the multitude of sound effects of the vibraphone, both achieved by mastering the “bending tone”. The body of this document is divided in two parts devoted to the elaboration of a system of superposition of the different changes that can be brought to the core element and the aspect of the soloist searching for flexibility, virtuosity and the diversity of sounds linked to this particular instrument. The concepts elaborated are supported by illustrations, score references and targeted musical examples including jazz and western classical styles.
Maziade, Marc. "L’élaboration d’un langage musical basé sur la musique traditionnelle québécoise et influencé par les musiques savantes." Thèse, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/4675.
Full textLe présent travail explique et approfondit la démarche artistique d’un compositeur travaillant à partir de la musique traditionnelle québécoise et cherchant à donner un élan à son travail en s’inspirant des musiques savantes. Il est divisé en trois chapitres dans lesquels on retrouve des analyses détaillées de pièces issues du répertoire traditionnel québécois et des répertoires classique et jazz. Le premier chapitre traite d’œuvres de Joseph Allard, Louis « Pitou » Boudreault, Jos Bouchard et Aimé Gagnon en cherchant à préciser les éléments stylistiques qui caractérisent le style d’ici. Le deuxième chapitre analyse les pièces Stolen Moments d’Oliver Nelson et Waltz for Debby de Bill Evans et explore un jazz en équilibre entre conservatisme et innovation. Le troisième chapitre explore deux approches originales à la modalité dans des musiques riches en variations par l’analyse de Pagodes de Claude Debussy et de Ostinato de Béla Bartók. Le quatrième chapitre expose ma démarche.
This work explains and elaborates the artistic approach of a composer that works primarily with traditional Quebec music and wishes to give momentum to his work by inspiring himself with the jazz and classical idiom. It is divided in three chapters in which pieces of the traditional repertoire and of the classical and jazz repertoires are analyzed in detail. The first chapter describes works of Joseph Allard, Louis « Pitou » Boudreault, Jos Bouchard, and Aimé Gagnon and aims at defining some stylistic elements specific to Quebec's traditional style. The second chapter addresses the pieces Stolen Moments by Oliver Nelson and Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans and explores a jazz in balance between conservatism and innovation. The third chapter deals with original approaches to modality through the analysis of two musical pieces rich in variations: Pagodes by Claude Debussy and Ostinato by Béla Bartók. The fourth chapter presents my own creative process.