Balbuzard is a musical composition of approximately twelve minutes in length, scored for solo clarinet, wind symphony and electronics. It focuses on cluster-like sound masses and explores ways of using these to give the music a clear sense of direction. To this end, tools were developed using a variety of computer applications or programming languages, such as Lisp, OpenMusic and Cubase. These tools made possible a kind of graphic composition where diagrams of different shapes were entered into a computer interface and converted into source material. The generated source material consisted of several rhythmic strata whose pitches, mainly part of diatonic, octatonic or chromatic collections, followed the contour of the entered shape. With this visual process, it was also possible to explore the creation of contrapuntal textures by entering diagrams of lines representing the path of each contrapuntal voice.* / *This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation). The CD requires the following system requirements: Windows MediaPlayer or RealPlayer.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Rochester, 1975. / Reproduced from typescript. Four works analyzed: Capriccio, by Henk Badings.- Gargoyles, by Otto Luening.- Music plus one, by Ilhan Mimaroglu.- Quadrants: event/complex number three, by Larry Austin. "Glossary of terms": leaves 90-94. "Works for solo violin and tape": leaves 95-96. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 97-101. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/6294

Univ., Magisterarbeit--Karlsruhe, 2004.

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Simon Fraser University, 2005. / Theses (School of Interactive Arts and Technology) / Simon Fraser University.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Supervisor: Russell Pinkston. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (M.M.)--Ohio University, June, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.C.A.)--University of Wollongong, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 175-180.

Thesis--Helsinki. / Added t.p., with thesis statement, inserted. Bibliography: p. 227-228.

Thesis (M.M.)--Duquesne University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 9) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / Typescript and manuscript. V. 1. Text (29 cm.) -- v. 2. Score (49 x 33 cm.). Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-100).