Black Snow, an orchestral work composed by Michael Smetanin in 1987, was named after the book Black Snow by Mikhael Bulgakov. Newspaper articles, reviews and the literature researched, all comment on Smetanin’s style and on the influences that shaped that style. The aggressive and confrontational style of much of Smetanin’s music can be attributed partly to his love of rock music and jazz and partly to his mentor in the Netherlands, Louis Andriessen. The same sources quote other composers who also influenced Smetanin’s style. Three works in particular are named, that is, Trans by Stockhausen, Keqrops by Xenakis and De Tijd by Andriessen. It was decided, in the light of previous investigations into Smetanin’s music, to take one of these composers, namely Stockhausen and his work Trans, and discover how much Smetanin was influenced by this composer and this particular work. Trans was chosen because the similarities with Black Snow are less obvious. All aspects of Black Snow were examined - namely the harmony, rhythms, the important textures, serial/mathematical techniques, orchestration, the dramatic program, how the instruments are played - and then compared with Trans for similarities and differences. The results of the analytical investigation show that, while the internal organisation of the two works is very different, there are significant similarities between the two works in most of these areas. Serial/mathematical techniques could only be demonstrated in one area, and this is only conjecture.

The loss of personal meaning is explored by analogy through manipulation of the relationship between musical content and its possible interpretations. Recognized musical signals are used out of context. Weightless signals are used in absolutely rigid and unified structures. These approaches were brought to the stage before a live audience in a single recital on March 6, 1994. / Arts, Faculty of / Music, School of / Includes 1 sound cassette / Graduate

Syncretisms is an original composition scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and marimba (2-mallet minimum, 4 recommended) with an optional percussion part requiring glockenspiel and chimes, and has an approximate duration of 6 min. 45. sec. The composition combines modern western tuning, timbre, and harmonic language with organizational principles identified in music from Southeast Asia (including music from cultures found in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia). The accompanying paper describes each of these organizational principles, drawing on the work of scholars who have performed fieldwork, and describes the way in which each principle was employed in Syncretisms. The conclusion speculates on a method for comparing musical organizational systems cross-culturally.

Artie Shaw's Interlude in B-flat is unknown to many in the classical clarinet world and remains unperformed by clarinetists, despite its historical importance as one of the earliest Third Stream compositions, the earliest composition of its type in the clarinet repertoire. This prompts the question, why? This document explores four possible reasons for the marginalization of Interlude in B-flat. First, Shaw's historical narrative typically places him within the jazz world and not the classical world. Classical clarinetists may assume a Shaw composition will require a jazz background and experience beyond their abilities, namely improvisation. Second, the instrumentation, string quartet plus jazz combo, is atypical, making it difficult to program. Third, jazz and classical educational worlds do not necessarily overlap or interact, and neither has taken ownership of this Third Stream composition. Lastly, manuscripts, recordings, and other materials for Interlude in B-flat are limited and not readily available. Because Artie Shaw is not only a significant American clarinetist but also an important composer within the Third Stream narrative, Interlude in B-flat should be known and performed. This project aimed to promote the understanding and accessibility of this important and unknown composition to the classical clarinet world by providing an accessible arrangement of the work for clarinet and piano.

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I detta självständiga arbete utforskas och beskrivs utifrån ett designteoretiskt perspektiv, en instuderingsprocess av Rhapsodie för soloklarinett skriven av Giacomo Miluccio. Studien baseras på självobservationer som pågått under ca 6 månader och insamlad data utgörs av loggboksskrivande och videoinspelningar. Analysresultaten visar hur lärandet sker med hjälp av olika semiotiska resurser och i form av två transformationscykler där den första kännetecknas av En strävan efter mimesis, och den andra av Vägen till ett eget uttryck. Som en övergång mellan dessa två cykler förekommer ett tillfälle där representation sker i form av en Masterclass. Avslutningsvis diskuteras mitt resultat i relation till litteratur som både utgår från det designteoretiska perspektivet och från annan tidigare forskning inom området lärande. / In this independent work my rehearsal process of Rhapsody for solo clarinet written by Giacomo Miluccio is explored and described from a design theory perspective. The study is based on self-observations that lasted for about 6 months and collected data consists of logbook writing and video recordings. The result of the analysis show how the learning is done with the help of various semiotic resources, and in the form of two transformation cycles, where the first is characterized by a Desire for mimesis, and the other by The way to my own expression. As a bridge between these two cycles will be an occasion where the representation takes the form of a Masterclass. Finally, I discuss my results in relation to literature based on the design theoretical perspective and other previous research in the field of learning.

The first movement of the Piano Quintet, Op. 16 of Ludwig van Beethoven works out three significant motivic "topics": a chromatically filled-in second, appearing first as 5 - #5 - 6 (Bb - B - C in Eb major); the emphasis om the submediant, both as vi in Eb major and as the tonal region of C minor; and the melodic interval of the sixth, which, when inverted to become a descending third, determines the structure of tonal regions at crucial points in the movement. These three motivic topics are introduced in the opening measures of the piece and are subsequently unfolded throughout the movement; the focus of the thesis will be to trace the unfolding of these three topics.

O presente trabalho trata da investigação dos procedimentos composicionais utilizados no Concertino para Clarineta, de Francisco Mignone, por meio da identificação e da comparação das diversas fontes da obra em diálogo com a \"tradição oral\". Tem como objetivo elucidar questões técnicas observadas na partitura orquestral manuscrita e suas possíveis resoluções em virtude da performance. Para tanto, desenvolve conteúdo com vistas à produção de uma edição crítica da obra / The present work deals with the investigation of compositional procedures used in the Concertino for Clarinet by Francisco Mignone through the identification and comparison of different sources of the work in dialogue with the \"oral tradition\". Aims to clarify technical issues observed in handwritten orchestral score and their possible resolutions to the performance. For that, develops content in order to produce a critical edition of the work.

This practice-based research articulates a performer's perspective from within the rapidly expanding field of mixed music, wherein traditional acoustic instruments are augmented by means of live electronics. Contemporary technology presents a panoply of sonic and interactive affordances and diverse avenues of potential for a contemporary practice of the clarinet. Pursuing a move from a technically passive approach towards self-efficient onstage operation, the author articulates a journey in which a hybridity of instrumental expertise and technical naivety develops into an embedded practice. A framework of humanising is proposed to establish codes of practice based on the embodied skill and priorities of the onstage performer. A pragmatic and personal approach emerges to managing issues of sound, control, and engagement, with an emphasis on viable rehearsal and performance practices that ultimately privilege an ongoing attention to liveness. The portfolio of sound recordings and the observances contained in this thesis contribute to a growing body of performer-led accounts in a rich environment for the development of new creative work and collaboration, and to facilitating access to interactive music for performers wishing to explore the field. A set of case studies trace three broad roles across a spectrum of creative agency within an interdisciplinary practice of the clarinet, situated at a nexus of diverse approaches - from performing composed works (executant interpreter) to non-idiomatic free improvisation (enactive composer), via hybrid works that blur these authorial distinctions (enabled interpreter). Negotiating multiple, interdependent influences within these respective performance ecologies, and moving over time from a status of technical novice towards one of proficiency and expertise (Dreyfus & Dreyfus 1980), a growing sense of embodied instrumentality is encountered (Nijs et al. 2009). The additional technology becomes less an extension of the instrument, rather the performer becomes present in a new holistic entity (Riva 2009; Rebelo 2006), with an attendant, ongoing re-evaluation of personal sound concept. Instrumental musicianship is reframed as inhabiting an assemblage of tools that filter and resonate physical energy, identity, and culture, and is directed towards an optimal performing presence.

O presente trabalho trata da investigação dos procedimentos composicionais utilizados no Concertino para Clarineta, de Francisco Mignone, por meio da identificação e da comparação das diversas fontes da obra em diálogo com a \"tradição oral\". Tem como objetivo elucidar questões técnicas observadas na partitura orquestral manuscrita e suas possíveis resoluções em virtude da performance. Para tanto, desenvolve conteúdo com vistas à produção de uma edição crítica da obra / The present work deals with the investigation of compositional procedures used in the Concertino for Clarinet by Francisco Mignone through the identification and comparison of different sources of the work in dialogue with the \"oral tradition\". Aims to clarify technical issues observed in handwritten orchestral score and their possible resolutions to the performance. For that, develops content in order to produce a critical edition of the work.