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The present Doctoral Thesis focuses his research monographically on the figure of the Valencian composer D. Vicente Ramón Ramos Villanueva (1954-2012), considered one of the most relevant composers of the contemporary musical Valencian panorama of the last thirty years. Due to the lack of in-depth studies on the author, a short time after his premature death, the objectives of this work are focused on illuminating the different planes that make up the figure of the Valencian composer: biographical, catalographical and analytic-aesthetical. The structure and content of the Thesis is defined as follows: -I. INTRODUCTION: It includes the justification of the subject, the detailed study of the state of the question, the definition of the objectives and the planning of the methodology and sources for the research. -II. RESULTS: Where the body of research is exposed, divided into three planes that interact about the author. ·Biographical plane: Where the human side of the composer is treated, situating ourselves in the understanding of the social, vital and personal conjunctures that conditioned his artistic development (formation, received influences, developed work and aesthetic evolution). For this, a brief description of the socio-musical contexts is presented, followed by an extensive chronological biography divided in artistic-vital stages, narrated in detail and illustrated, and exposing a final approximation to the personality of the author. ·Catalographical plane: Detailed cataloguing of the author's entire corpus, until now non-existent, is carried out, as well as the crucial recovery of the scores of his grave situation of dispersion, gathering them here in a Digital Archive. ·Analytical and musical aesthetic plane: From the scores recovered for the Digital Archive, a musical analysis of the author's chamber production is carried out first, addressing a total of 56 works analyzed that cover the 32 years of musical production of the author. Later on, based on the observation and global analysis of the analyzes, establish the aesthetic, stylistic and thematic foundations of the musical language of Ramón Ramos, being able also in the last instance to determine throughout its different artistic stages the evolutionary line of its Musical aesthetics. -III. CONCLUSIONS: The final conclusions reached after the research carried out in the three levels about the author, as well as the reports on the results obtained, are presented. In addition, it points out the possible pending tasks and the research perspectives that are opened from this Doctoral Thesis. The Thesis ends with the enumeration of IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY consulted, and followed by the documentary ANNEXES and in digital format. / La presente Tesis Doctoral centra su investigación monográficamente en la figura del compositor valenciano D. Vicente Ramón Ramos Villanueva (1954-2012), considerado uno de los compositores más relevantes del panorama musical contemporáneo valenciano de los últimos treinta años. Ante la inexistencia de estudios profundos sobre el autor, escaso tiempo tras su prematuro fallecimiento, los objetivos del presente trabajo están enfocados a alumbrar los diferentes planos que componen la figura del compositor valenciano: biográfico, catalográfico y analítico estético. La estructura y el contenido de la Tesis se define del siguiente modo: -I. INTRODUCCIÓN: Incluye la justificación del tema, el estudio detallado del estado de la cuestión, la definición de los objetivos y la planificación de la metodología y fuentes para la investigación. -II. RESULTADOS: Donde se expone el cuerpo de las investigaciones, dividido en tres planos que interaccionan acerca del autor. ·Plano biográfico: Donde se trata el lado humano del compositor situándonos en la comprensión de las coyunturas sociales, vitales y personales que condicionaron su desarrollo artístico (formación, influencias recibidas, labor desarrollada y evolución estética). Para ello se expone una breve descripción de los contextos socio-musicales, seguido de una amplia biografía cronológica dividida en etapas artístico-vitales, narrada detalladamente e ilustrada, y exponiendo una final aproximación a la personalidad del autor. ·Plano catalográfico: Se lleva a cabo la catalogación detallada del corpus completo del autor, hasta ahora inexistente, así como la crucial recuperación de las partituras de su grave situación de dispersión, reuniéndolas aquí en un Archivo Digital. ·Plano analítico y estético musical: A partir de las partituras recuperadas para el Archivo Digital se realiza en primer lugar un análisis musical de la producción camerística del autor, abordando un total de 56 obras analizadas que abarcan los 32 años de producción musical del autor. Para posteriormente, a partir de la observación y estudio global de los análisis realizados, establecer los fundamentos estéticos, estilísticos y temáticos del lenguaje musical de Ramón Ramos, pudiendo además en última instancia determinarse a lo largo de sus diferentes etapas artísticas la línea evolutiva de su estética musical. -III. CONCLUSIONES: Se exponen las conclusiones finales alcanzadas tras las investigaciones llevadas a cabo en los tres planos acerca del autor, así como los informes sobre los resultados obtenidos. Además, se apuntan las posibles tareas pendientes y las perspectivas de investigación que se abren a partir de la presente Tesis Doctoral. La Tesis finaliza con la enumeración de la IV. BIBLIOGRAFÍA consultada, y seguida por los ANEXOS documentales y en formato digital. / La present Tesi Doctoral centra la seua investigació monogràficament en la figura del compositor valencià D. Vicente Ramón Ramos Villanueva (1954- 2012), considerat un dels compositors més rellevants del panorama musical contemporani valencià dels últims trenta anys. Davant de la inexistència d'estudis profunds sobre l'autor, escàs temps després de la seua prematura defunció, els objectius del present treball estan enfocats a il¿luminar els diferents plans que componen la figura del compositor valencià: biogràfic, catalogràfic i analític estètic. L'estructura i el contingut de la Tesi es definix de la manera següent: -I. INTRODUCCIÓ: Inclou la justificació del tema, l'estudi detallat de l'estat de la qüestió, la definició dels objectius i la planificació de la metodologia i fonts per a la investigació. -II. RESULTATS: On s'exposa el cos de les investigacions, dividit en tres plans que interaccionen sobre l'autor. ·Pla biogràfic: On es tracta el costat humà del compositor situant-nos en la comprensió de les conjuntures socials, vitals i personals que van condicionar el seu desenrotllament artístic (formació, influències rebudes, labor desenrotllada i evolució estètica). Per a això s'exposa una breu descripció dels contextos sociomusicals, seguit d'una àmplia biografia cronològica dividida en etapes artisticovitals, narrada detalladament i il¿lustrada, i exposant una final aproximació a la personalitat de l'autor. ·Pla catalogràfic: Es du a terme la catalogació detallada del corpus complet de l'autor, fins ara inexistent, així com la crucial recuperació de les partitures de la seua greu situació de dispersió, reunint-les ací en un Arxiu Digital. ·Pla analític i estètic musical: A partir de les partitures recuperades per a l'Arxiu Digital es realitza en primer lloc un anàlisi musical de la producció camerística de l'autor, abordant un total de 56 obres analitzades que comprenen els 32 anys de producció musical de l'autor. Per a posteriorment, a partir de l'observació i estudi global dels anàlisis realitzats, establir els fonaments estètics, estilístics i temàtics del llenguatge musical de Ramón Ramos, podent a més en última instància determinar-se al llarg de les seues diferents etapes artístiques la línia evolutiva de la seua estètica musical. -III. CONCLUSIONS: S'exposen les conclusions finals aconseguides després de les investigacions dutes a terme en els tres plans sobre l'autor, així com els informes sobre els resultats obtinguts. A més, s'apunten les possibles tasques pendents i les perspectives d'investigació que s'obrin a partir de la present Tesi Doctoral. La Tesi finalitza amb l'enumeració de la IV. BIBLIOGRAFIA consultada, i seguida pels ANNEXOS documentals i en format digital. / Oltra García, H. (2017). EL COMPOSITOR VALENCIANO VICENTE RAMÓN RAMOS VILLANUEVA (1954-2012): BIOGRAFÍA, CATÁLOGO DE OBRA Y FUNDAMENTOS ESTÉTICOS A TRAVÉS DEL ANÁLISIS MUSICAL DE SU OBRA CAMERÍSTICA [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/90471

[ES] La música contemporánea irrumpe en Galicia entre las décadas de los setenta y noventa del pasado siglo, con propuestas postmodernistas en el entorno más próximo a Xuventudes Musicales de Vigo y festivales promovidos por Enrique Macías. En esta etapa aparecen los primeros intentos por crear un ensemble de música contemporánea con el grupo Talea, que junto con los ciclos y conciertos de intérpretes y compositores coruñeses se consideran los antecedentes más directos de la Asociación Galega de Compositores. A partir de la década de los noventa, Aticus 16 y Stimmung configuran dos propuestas con una clara pretensión por crear una agrupación diferente, un ensemble. Sin embargo, habría que esperar hasta mediados de los noventa para conocer el proyecto más ambicioso y representativo de música contemporánea surgido en el seno del Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo con el Departamento de Música y su Taller Instrumental. A partir de esta propuesta, se inicia una nueva etapa en el contexto musical gallego con la aparición de ensembles, que desembocará en la definitiva consolidación de un importante número de estas agrupaciones, además de ciclos y festivales específicos. En este recorrido, aparece el Grupo Instrumental Siglo XX como primera formación con una decidida apuesta por la música contemporánea surgida en el entorno de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, al que le sigue S@x 21 como primer grupo con una base orgánica definida sobre una agrupación de música de cámara que evoluciona hacia el ensemble. Con el cambio de siglo, el Ensemble Nordesía parece continuar algunas de las pautas marcadas por el Taller Instrumental del Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo que contó con músicos de distinta procedencia y mantuvo una estrecha relación con algunos de los compositores del Departamento de Música de este Centro. Fonos 21, Ensemble s21, Zoar y Múltiplensemble, en una clara evolución desde la agrupación de música de cámara hacia el ensemble, completaron esta primera década y, a partir de 2010, aparecen dos contundentes propuestas en la promoción y difusión de la música contemporánea, Vertixe Sonora Ensemble y el Taller Atlántico Contemporáneo. Completan esta segunda década del siglo Airas Ensemble, Música Práctica y Camerata OSG, resultando una etapa decisiva para la música en Galicia tanto por la programación de numerosos ciclos y festivales como por la gran diversidad de músicos en el ámbito de la música contemporánea. Esta tesis sirve de homenaje a estos músicos y pretende dar a conocer un colectivo, el de los ensembles de música contemporánea en la comunidad gallega, que ha contribuido mediante sus actividades a la normalización de esta música. Dentro de la amplia variedad de actividades llevadas a cabo por los ensembles, destacan los conciertos, con especial atención los que presentan estrenos de partituras. Además, las actividades susceptibles de ser consideradas como formativas: conciertos didácticos, charlas, seminarios, cursos y encuentros con compositores e intérpretes, demuestran una labor no siempre reconocida y valorada que ha contribuido a generar un reencuentro entre el público y una música, muchas veces, rechazada por los propios músicos. Este trabajo ha permitido visibilizar los ensembles de música contemporánea, un colectivo de músicos que ha difundido esta música en sus múltiples formatos y estéticas, ha creado nuevas sinergias entre diferentes expresiones artísticas y ha potenciado el reencuentro con el público. Los escasos trabajos relacionados con esta temática sugieren nuevos planteamientos en la investigación sobre los músicos y la música más reciente porque resulta imprescindible conocer el presente artístico para poder entender el pasado. Un compromiso que, como músicos, debemos contraer para generar una sociedad más pluralista y abierta a posibles cambios de paradigma en el arte. / [CA] La música contemporània irromp a Galícia entre les dècades dels setanta i noranta de passat segle, amb propostes postmodernistes en l'entorn més pròxim a Xuventudes Musicals de Vigo i festivals promoguts per Enrique Macías. En esta etapa apareixen els primers intents per crear un ensemble de música contemporània amb el grup Talea, que al costat dels cicles i concerts d'intèrprets i compositors de la Corunya es consideren els antecedents més directes de la Asociación Galega de Compositores. A partir de la dècada dels noranta, Aticus 16 i Stimmung configuren dos propostes amb una clara pretensió per crear una agrupació diferent, un ensemble. No obstant això, caldria esperar fins a mitjan noranta per a conéixer el projecte més ambiciós i representatiu de música contemporània sorgit en el si del Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo amb el Departamento de Música i el seu Taller Instrumental. A partir d'esta proposta, s'inicia una nova etapa en el context musical gallec amb l'aparició de ensembles, que desembocarà en la definitiva consolidació d'un important número d'estes agrupacions, a més de cicles i festivals específics. En este recorregut, apareix el Grup Instrumental Segle XX com primera formació amb una decidida aposta per la música contemporània sorgida a l'entorn de l'Orquestra Simfònica de Galícia, al qual li seguix S@x 21 com primer grup amb una base orgànica definida sobre una agrupació de música de cambra que evoluciona cap al ensemble. Amb el canvi de segle, el Ensemble Nordesía sembla continuar algunes de les pautes marcades pel Taller Instrumental del Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo que va comptar amb músics de diferent procedència i va mantindre una estreta relació amb alguns dels compositors del Departamento de Música d'este Centre. Fonos 21, Ensemble s21, Zoar i Múltiplensemble, en una clara evolució des de l'agrupació de música de cambra cap al ensemble, van completar esta primera dècada i, a partir de 2010, apareixen dos contundents propostes en la promoció i difusió de la música contemporània, Vertixe Sonora Ensemble i el Taller Atlántico Contemporáneo. Completen esta segona dècada del segle Airas Ensemble, Música Pràctica i Camerata OSG, resultant una etapa decisiva per a la música a Galícia tant per la programació de nombrosos cicles i festivals com per la gran diversitat de músics en l'àmbit de la música contemporània. Esta tesi servix d'homenatge a estos músics i pretén donar a conéixer un col¿lectiu, el dels ensembles de música contemporània en la comunitat gallega, que ha contribuït mitjançant les seues activitats a la normalització d'esta música. Dins de l'àmplia varietat d'activitats dutes a terme pels ensembles, destaquen els concerts, amb especial atenció els que presenten estrenes de partitures. A més, les activitats susceptibles de ser considerades com a formatives: concerts didàctics, xarrades, seminaris, cursos i trobades amb compositors i intèrprets, demostren una labor no sempre reconeguda i valorada que ha contribuït a generar un retrobament entre el públic i una música, moltes vegades, rebutjada pels propis músics. Este treball ha permés visibilitzar els ensembles de música contemporània, un col¿lectiu de músics que ha difós esta música en els seus múltiples formats i estètiques, ha creat noves sinergies entre diferents expressions artístiques i ha potenciat el retrobament amb el públic. Els escassos treballs relacionats amb esta temàtica suggerixen nous plantejaments en la investigació sobre els músics i la música més recent perquè resulta imprescindible conéixer el present artístic per a poder entendre el passat. Un compromís que, com a músics, hem de contraure per a generar una societat més pluralista i oberta a possibles canvis de paradigma en l'art. / [EN] Contemporary music burst onto the scene in Galicia between the seventies and the nineties of the last century, with postmodernist proposals in the environment closest to Xuventudes Musicales de Vigo and festivals promoted by Enrique Macías. During this period, the first attempts to create a contemporary music ensemble appeared with the group Talea, which together with the cycles and concerts of performers and composers from A Coruña are considered the most direct antecedents of the Asociación Galega de Compositores. In the 1990s, Aticus 16 and Stimmung formed two proposals with a clear intention of creating a different group, an ensemble. However, it was not until the mid-1990s that the most ambitious and representative contemporary music project emerged at the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo with the Departamento de Música and its Taller Instrumental. From this proposal, a new stage began in the Galician musical context with the appearance of ensembles, which would lead to the definitive consolidation of an important number of these groups, as well as specific cycles and festivals. In this journey, the Grupo Instrumental Siglo XX appears as the first group with a firm commitment to contemporary music that arose in the environment of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, followed by S@x 21 as the first group with a defined organic base on a chamber music group that evolves towards the ensemble. With the turn of the century, the Ensemble Nordesía seems to continue some of the guidelines set by the Taller Instrumental del Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, which had musicians from different backgrounds and maintained a close relationship with some of the composers of the Departmento de Música of this Centre. Fonos 21, Ensemble s21, Zoar and Múltiplensemble, in a clear evolution from chamber music group to ensemble, completed this first decade and, from 2010, two strong proposals for the promotion and dissemination of contemporary music appeared, Vertixe Sonora Ensemble and the Taller Atlántico Contemporáneo. The second decade of the century was completed by the Airas Ensemble, Música Práctica and Camerata OSG, a decisive period for music in Galicia, both for the programming of numerous cycles and festivals and for the great diversity of musicians in the field of contemporary music. This thesis pays tribute to these musicians and aims to raise awareness of a group of contemporary music ensembles in the Galician community, which has contributed through its activities to the normalisation of this music. Within the wide variety of activities carried out by the ensembles, concerts stand out, with special attention to those presenting premieres of scores. In addition, the activities that can be considered as educational: didactic concerts, talks, seminars, courses and meetings with composers and performers, demonstrate a work that is not always recognised and valued, which has contributed to generating a reunion between the audience and a music that is often rejected by the musicians themselves. This work has made it possible to make contemporary music ensembles visible, a group of musicians who have disseminated this music in its multiple formats and aesthetics, created new synergies between different artistic expressions and promoted the re-encounter with the audience. The few works related to this subject suggest new approaches to research on musicians and the most recent music, because it is essential to know the artistic present in order to understand the past. This is a commitment that, as musicians, we must make in order to generate a more pluralistic society open to possible paradigm shifts in art. / Yebra Rivera, RS. (2024). Los ensembles gallegos en la normalización de la música contemporánea: 1987-2020 [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/207357

This study explores text and music relations in Canadian composer Violet Archer’s “The Twenty-Third Psalm” by analysing the text of Psalm 23, Fibonacci numbers, melodic contours, motives, and the role of the accompaniment. The text focuses on David’s faith in God and his acceptance of God as his shepherd on earth. The four other approaches allow us to examine the work on three different structural levels: background through Fibonacci numbers, middleground through melodic contour analysis, and foreground through motivic analysis and the role of the accompaniment. The measure numbers that align with Fibonacci numbers overlap with some of the melodic contour phrases, which are demarcated by rests, as well as with the most important moments at the surface level, such as the emphasis on the word “death” through recurring and symbolic motives. The piano accompaniment further supports these moments in the text.

This dissertation examines an Indonesian-North American version of an evolving, transnational and hybrid multimedia art form which has come about through forty years of adaptations made by cross-culturally located artists in creative conversation with Indonesian performers involved in the Javanese and Balinese forms of musical theatre known as wayang. Wayang theatre employs puppets and other components including gamelan music (Indonesian percussion instruments, drums, flutes, strings and vocals). Given this complexity, there are many possibilities for variations, changes, and hybridization. In this research project, I analyze aspects of this hybrid performance by analyzing select Indonesian-North American wayang performances, as case studies. In order to isolate complex changes and various adaptations of wayang performances in the North American setting, I also analyze and contextualize a hybridization of Javanese and Balinese wayang performances. As a performance art form, wayang has always been changing historically—at some points more quickly and dramatically than at other periods of time, thus resisting firm categorization that would provide a baseline for comparison. I have developed the wahiyang theoretical framework as an analytical tool to identify the influence of North American culture on the wayang performances in my case studies. I argue that new genre of wayang is emerging, creating a hybridized form that I call wahiyang gaya NA. This process has progressed to the point that wahiyang gaya NA can be said to represent a new genre of multimedia world art, which combines elements of local and global artistic practises, making the form even more flexible and adaptable than its original forms in Indonesia. The gradual spread and popularization of wayang in North America has definite historical contexts, namely the early 19th-to-mid 20th century conjunction of decolonization and Third World nationalism, with the more recent decades’ layering of multiculturalism and push towards conscious cultural responses to economic globalization. This developing continuum of new hybrid forms spans a spectrum of cultural inclusion and expansion of wayang and new components. At times these may be seen as wayang influence upon Western performance practice; at other times an entire Indonesian wayang production with additional elements added from Western music, theater, and other disciplines may be presented. These developments signify an enhanced and expanded exchange of cultural products between the nations of the world, taking place in an expanded space for dialogue between the artists of the developed and developing countries. I will show, using case studies, how this process has produced and is producing a new branch of wayang as part of a continuum of hybridized wayang forms. By examining selected performance collaborations that have taken place over the last 40 years, I will provide a detailed analysis, which for the first time, lays out the components that constitute the variation of wayang art performance that has developed in response to geographical and cultural contexts of the Pacific Northwest of USA and Westcoast Canada. / Graduate / 2018-04-12 / 0377, 0357, 0465 / sutrisno@uvic.ca

La version intégrale de cette thèse est disponible uniquement pour consultation individuelle à la Bibliothèque de musique de l'Université de Montréal (www.bib.umontreal.ca/MU). / Cette étude vise à mettre en lumière le rôle important de la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, des Événements du Neuf, de l’Ensemble contemporain de Montréal et du Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, quatre organismes qui ont présenté en concert 515 programmes de musique contemporaine au Québec entre 1966 et 2006. Ces sociétés se distinguent en fonction des genres représentés, des générations d’artistes, mais aussi de l’évolution des esthétiques. Toutefois, elles ont en commun le même objectif qui est de faire connaître la musique contemporaine en commandant, créant et diffusant les œuvres incontournables du répertoire contemporain d’ici et d’ailleurs. De plus, ces sociétés servent à la fois de médiateur entre le public et les créateurs et de catalyseur d’événements artistiques marquants, comme la Symphonie du millénaire (SMCQ) ou le Forum international des jeunes compositeurs (NEM). L’étude historique et l’analyse des orientations artistiques et des activités de concerts de la SMCQ, des Événements du Neuf, de l’ECM et du NEM permettront de dévoiler une nouvelle dimension de l’histoire musicale au Québec au cours de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Une fois posées les balises historiques qui entourent la fondation des sociétés à l’étude, une analyse détaillée de leur programmation met en relief l’appartenance des œuvres des compositeurs les plus connus à des courants esthétiques particuliers. Cette analyse est réalisée à partir de l’inventaire des concerts qui retrace de la façon la plus précise possible les données factuelles les concernant (date, lieu, titre), les noms des compositeurs et les titres des œuvres, l’instrumentation et les interprètes. Au final, l’analyse des concerts met en évidence le développement d’un répertoire de musique contemporaine au Québec à travers de grands axes de programmation. On peut ainsi mieux comprendre en quoi ces sociétés ont joué un rôle essentiel dans le développement des tendances esthétiques variées et en quoi elles ont ainsi modelé le milieu de la création musicale québécoise pendant quarante ans. / This study aims to bring to light the important role of four organizations who presented through concert 515 contemporary music programs in Quebec between 1966 and 2006: Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, Événements du Neuf, Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. These groups are unique in terms of genre, artist generation, and evolution of esthetics. However, they share the same objective, which is to spread awareness of contemporary music by commissioning, creating, and diffusing inescapable pieces of the contemporary repertoire locally and internationally. Furthermore, these societies serve at once as mediator between the public and the artists, and as catalyst for notable artistic events, as the Symphonie du millénaire (SMCQ), or the Forum international des jeunes compositeurs (NEM). The historical study and the analysis of the artistic directions and of the activities of SMCQ, Événements du Neuf, ECM, and NEM will allow for the unveiling of a new dimension of music history in Quebec during the second half of the 20th century. Once the historical markers that surround the foundation of the societies under consideration have been laid out, a detailed analysis of their programming underlines the particular esthetic trends to which the work of the best-known composers belongs. This analysis is accomplished by taking as precise inventory of the concerts as possible, which retraces the concert data (date, place, title), the composers’ names, the titles of the pieces, the instrumentation, and the interpreters. Finally, the analysis of the concerts displays the main programming principles underlying the development of a contemporary music repertoire. This allows better understanding of how these societies have contributed on varied esthetical tendancies development and how they shaped the milieu of Québécois musical creation during forty years.

La version intégrale de cette thèse est disponible uniquement pour consultation individuelle à la Bibliothèque de l'Université de Montréal (www.bib.umontreal.ca/MU). / Cette thèse portant sur le potentiel musical des analyses sonores consiste en une recherche créative et artistique portant sur des propriétés caractéristiques du comportement sonore mis en lumière via divers types d'analyses et susceptibles d'assister la composition musicale. Ce travail présente l'élaboration des outils d'analyses programmés et utilisés à cette fin, en plus d'un corpus de 6 oeuvres dont l'ordre de présentation correspond à leur chronologie d'écriture, et dont la conception et l'analyse musicales sont inégalement exposées (du bref aperçu au survol exhaustif). Au fur et à mesure de la recherche, le répertoire ci-développé intègre, par élargissement conceptuel, des considérations analytiques pour d'autres phénomènes vibratoires (comme la lumière ou l'harmonie des sphères) et, esthétiquement, toute cette démarche est fondée sur le concept aristotélicien de la mimesis, où l'idéal artistique consiste en la sublimation de la nature. / This thesis about the musical potential of sound analysis consists in an artistic and creative research on characteristic properties of sound behavior revealed by various types of analysis and likely to assist musical composing. This work presents the elaboration of analysis tools programmed and used on purpose, in addition of a corpus of six works which the order of presentation corresponds to their chronology of writing, and which both conception and musical analysis are unevenly exposed (from brief to exhaustive overviews). As the research occurs, the featured repertory integrates, by a conceptual enlargement, some analytic considerations for other vibratory phenomena (as light or the harmony of the spheres) and, aesthetically, all that approach is founded on the aristotelician concept of mimesis, in which the artistic ideal consists in the sublimation of nature.

L’objectif de la recherche est d’apporter une contribution musicologique et psychologique à la compréhension de la fonction de transformation symbolique non verbale intervenant au cœur de la psyché humaine. L’objet-flux musical, porté par une onde vibratoire, énergie en mouvement, n’est pas un objet naturel, mais un objet issu de la psyché humaine conçu pour agir sur d’autres psychés humaines. Il semblerait, et ce n’est qu’une hypothèse de travail, que le compositeur aurait la capacité de coder ses émotions en ondes musicales et de les transmettre à l’auditeur, sujet sensible à certaines longueurs d’ondes du penser musical, qui les décoderait. L’objet de la thèse est l’existence d’une communication infraverbale, intuitive, globale et directe entre une œuvre de musique non tonale et l’auditeur à travers l’étude de productions visuelles et de productions écrites, réalisées par cinquante-neuf sujets en situation d’écoute d’extraits musicaux de Stravinski et de Ligeti. Est-il possible d’élargir le domaine d’application du concept de schème de résonance émotionnelle d’Imberty à la musique de compositeurs du xxe siècle ? Quelles autres représentations psychiques sont investies par les sujets en situation d’écoute musicale ? / The objective of research is to make a musicological and psychological contribution to the understanding of not verbal symbolic transformation occurring in the heart of the human psyche. The musical object-flow, carried by a vibratory wave, an energy in movement, is not a natural object, but an object stemming from the human psyche conceived to act on the other human psyches. It would seem, and it is only a working hypothesis, that the composer would have the capacity to code his feelings in musical waves and to pass on them to the auditor, subject sensitive to certain wavelengths of musical thinking, who would decode them. The object of the thesis is the existence of an infraverbale communication, intuitive, global and direct between not tonal music work and the auditor through the study of visual productions and written productions realized by fifty nine subjects in situation of listening musical extracts of Stravinski and Ligeti. Is it possible to widen the application field of Imberty’s concept, schème de résonance émotionnelle, into the xxe century music ? What other psychic representations are invested by the subjects in situation of musical listening ?

Esta dissertação discorre sobre os problemas relativos à performance de três obras brasileiras do repertório contemporâneo para flauta solo: Les silences d´un étrange jardin de Silvio Ferraz, Variações de Marisa Rezende e Sete palavras e um punhal de Aylton Escobar. As obras foram analisadas sob a ótica da análise técnico-interpretativa, com destaque às questões relativas às técnicas expandidas para flauta. Investiguei os problemas técnicos de execução em minúcias e procurei descrever as soluções que agregassem o gestual sonoro ao físico. Concluo ressaltando a importância do relacionamento compositor-performer para a criação e execução deste repertório. De maneira geral, todas as três obras dão uma grande liberdade ao intérprete: Les silences destaca-se pela variedade de técnicas expandidas; a obra de Marisa Rezende apesar da simplicidade aparente pode ser interpretada virtuosisticamente enquanto Sete palavras e um punhal o principal desafio é a preparação dos tapes o uso da fala exigidas pela partitura, a qual os músicos não estão habituados. / This thesis deals with the performance problems of three contemporary works from the Brazilian repertoire for solo flute: Les silences d´un Étrange Jardin by Silvio Ferraz, Variações by Marisa Rezende and Sete Palavras e um Punhal by Aylton Escobar. The pieces were analyzed from a technical-interpretive point of view, with emphasis on extended technique for the flute. I investigated the technical performance practice problems thoroughly while seeking to encounter solutions which combine sonorous and physical gestures. In general, all the pieces give a great deal of freedom to the performer. Les silences displays a great variety of extended techniques while Rezendes work, in spite of its apparent simplicity, could be played with virtuosity. The two main challenges of Sete palavras e um punhal are the preparation of the tapes and with the use the spoken language during performance, a situation to which musicians are normally not accustomed. I conclude by emphasizing the importance of the performer-composer relationship in the creation and performance of this repertoire.

The early-twentieth-century culture in western art music of idolizing the composer as the autonomous creative genius has been challenged by recent developments across musicology and creativity research literature. The composer’s music is now regarded as the product of a collaborative network, influenced by all who come into contact with it—first and foremost the performer. Yet, the nature of the performer’s creative impact on the compositional process remains under-explored. This thesis is centred on a qualitative artistic research project, designed to identify and critically evaluate the prospective extent and scope of creative performer agency; it aims to ascertain how a typical lack of familiarity with the instrument may affect the composer’s creative practice, and to reveal key factors that shape the nature and the consequences of composer-performer interaction and collaboration. It proceeds by commissioning new works for guitar from a range of composers for different performers, and by documenting and analysing the processes of collaboration that result. This research agenda challenges the perception of distinct creative roles that remains resilient in present-day cultural understandings and discourse. The findings are intended to broaden understanding of contemporary collaborative practices in the compositional process for the guitar and generalize to the guitar repertoire of the long twentieth century, during which the majority of substantial works were composed in collaboration. The thesis also contributes to a developing and generalizable framework of practice-led research literature that analyses music-making by recognizing the multiple loci and their interactions that underpin all aspects of the creative processes. Chapter 1 discusses the establishment of the creative hegemony of the composer and its opposing currents across disciplines from the late romantic period to the late twentieth century. Chapter 2 comprises an indicative chronology of select collaborations in the long twentieth-century guitar repertoire and an overview of relevant practice-led research projects in performance studies. Ethnographic methodologies are reviewed in Chapter 3 and the fieldwork commissions are analysed in Chapters 4 and 5. Finally, Chapter 6 comprises an evaluation of the performer’s creative agency and its significance when placed in broader frameworks of contemporary guitar practices, contemporary composition across instrumentations, generalizing to historical guitar collaboration and its implications for creativity research.