Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - Theses
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ItemIssues of indeterminacy, metric modulation and “interference” in an individual compositional practice( 2011)This thesis consists of a folio of compositions and a dissertation. The folio comprises eight works that range in forces from full orchestra to piano trio: the largest piece is a (mostly wordless) song cycle for string quartet, electric guitar, spoken word and samples which spans fifty minutes, and is followed by two multi-movement works each of approximately twenty minutes in length. The remaining five compositions are shorter, single-movement pieces. The folio contains the scores to these compositions, accompanied by two CDs containing recordings of the works. The introduction to the dissertation presents an overview of the primary issues of indeterminacy, metric modulation and “interference”, and the secondary concerns of borrowing and allusion, Jewishness and septuple metre as aesthetic elements in the new works composed for this PhD project; following this is an overview of five of the compositions from the folio. The dissertation is then divided into two parts: Part I addresses the issues, Part II introduces and discusses each of the five compositions in detail. Each primary issue is discussed in a discrete chapter, beginning with definition, followed by a review of the literature, in addition to examples from my own work. The secondary concerns of borrowing, Jewishness and septuple metre are discussed in a composite chapter and are each treated similarly to the primary issues in tone and format. Musical examples, figures and tables are used throughout the dissertation to clarify, explicate and strengthen argumentation. The dissertation addresses the creative work itself, forming with the folio interdependent, mutually supportive constituents of the one argument. As a composer who is Australian, Jewish and a global citizen of the twenty-first century, I am part of a compositional continuum that is addressing the aforementioned problems now, and attempting to design relevant and meaningful solutions that may lead to a contribution to the literature and advancement in the field of music composition. Although certainly not the first, I am part of a burgeoning area of research investigating the nexus between jazz and Jewish music.