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51	Hatten’s theory of musical gesture : an applied logico-deductive analysis of Mozart’s Flute quartet in D, K.285 Scott, Douglas Walter 06 1900 (has links) This study investigates the possibility of applying Hatten’s theory of musical gesture to a formal system of musical analysis. Using historical antecedents and established musicological practice as a guide, a range of musical parameters in a motive length span of music are incorporated into a single gesture. This gesture forms the basic semantic unit upon which an analytical tableau structure is built, and a syntax is developed to allow derivations of new gestures; a large scale structure displaying fractal-like self-similarity is then proposed. The completed system is applied to the analysis of the ‘Adagio’ of Mozart’s Flute Quartet K.285 to test whether it can consistently be implemented and whether it produces falsifiable results while maintaining predictive power. It is found that these requirements are indeed met and that a set of inference rules can be derived suggesting that the proposed system has ample scope for further development. / Art History, Visual Arts & Musicology / M. Mus. Musical analysis Musical gesture Mozart Hatten Analytical tableaux Musical meaning Musical parameters Formal system Aural sonology Graphical notation Fractal geometry Logic Musical analysis Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics Style, Musical Quartets (Flute, violin, viola, cello)
52	The Mechanics and Fixed Operations of Human Experience Di Netta, James Dominick 01 January 2016 (has links) This paper will use the natural laws of the universe and amassed evidence to support a dynamic systems theory approach to explain the mechanics and fixed operations of the human experience taking place inside a causally determined universe without the possibility of free will. By reductionary methods, the universe and all its’ contents, including human agents, will be exemplified as complex dynamic systems. In so doing, the human experience is reduced to being comprised of information acting and reacting with other information existing in the universe, specifically ideas. Allowing ideas to take on a physical manifestation shows how the feedback of information directly results in the rise of human consciousness and the sensation of control and volition over actions. Thus, the methods and philosophies used in this paper will set out to rebut metaphysical libertarian views asserting alternative possibilities by way of Rollback Arguments and two other libertarian arguments raised by Alfred R. Mele. This paper aims to provide a description and deeper appreciation for the mechanics and fixed operations of the human experience in a universe where free will is nonexistent. Thesis University of North Florida UNF Dissertations Dissertations Dynamic Systems Theory Libertarian Rollback Argument Free will Philosophy Metaphysics Determinism Chaos Fractal Geometry Dynamic Systems Theory Fixed Universe Alternative Possibilities Ideas Digital Information Cause and Effect Reduction Metaphysics Other Philosophy Philosophy
53	Hatten’s theory of musical gesture : an applied logico-deductive analysis of Mozart’s Flute quartet in D, K.285 Scott, Douglas Walter 06 1900 (has links) This study investigates the possibility of applying Hatten’s theory of musical gesture to a formal system of musical analysis. Using historical antecedents and established musicological practice as a guide, a range of musical parameters in a motive length span of music are incorporated into a single gesture. This gesture forms the basic semantic unit upon which an analytical tableau structure is built, and a syntax is developed to allow derivations of new gestures; a large scale structure displaying fractal-like self-similarity is then proposed. The completed system is applied to the analysis of the ‘Adagio’ of Mozart’s Flute Quartet K.285 to test whether it can consistently be implemented and whether it produces falsifiable results while maintaining predictive power. It is found that these requirements are indeed met and that a set of inference rules can be derived suggesting that the proposed system has ample scope for further development. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M. Mus. Musical analysis Musical gesture Mozart Hatten Analytical tableaux Musical meaning Musical parameters Formal system Aural sonology Graphical notation Fractal geometry Logic Musical analysis Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics Style, Musical Quartets (Flute, violin, viola, cello)

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