Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-169). / vii, 169 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

El presente trabajo busca comprender y explicar los procesos compositivos del ballet La delicadeza de lo sublime, de Gabriel Iwasaki. Para lograrlo, primero será necesario fundamentar la postura estética adoptada para esta obra, para lo cual se realizará una reflexión y crítica sobre la estética musical académica contemporánea. El resultado de dichos procesos reflexivos hará posible proponer una visión particular sobre cómo entender la apuesta estética del ballet. Por ser el amor un eje central en el guion del ballet, se reflexionará sobre la vigencia de temas como este en la composición musical. Se explicará hasta qué punto la composición de la obra ha sido influida por vivencias pasadas del compositor y ha constituido un mecanismo de maduración emocional frente a un proceso de duelo personal, razones por las cuales será necesario evaluar el rol del inconsciente a lo largo del proceso de composición. En cuanto a lo propiamente musical, se explicará el proceso de concepción de la música, su elaboración y subsiguiente desarrollo, así como la forma en la cual el compositor ha hecho uso de recursos musicales para representar y reforzar los conceptos planteados en el guion del ballet a través de la composición. / The aim of this study is to understand and explain the compositional processes of the ballet La delicadeza de lo sublime (The Delicacy of the Sublime) by Gabriel Iwasaki. In order to achieve this, it was firstly necessary to substantiate the musical aesthetics stance of this piece, for which a reflection and criticism of the aesthetics of academic contemporary music is needed. The result of these processes of reflection will enable to propose a particular vision on how to understand the musical aesthetics of the ballet. Since love is the focal point in the script of this ballet, it is necessary to reflect on how valid it is to touch on these topics nowadays. The study will explain to what extent the composition of the ballet has been influenced by past experiences of the composer and has worked as an emotional growth mechanism to deal with a personal grief process, which is why it will be necessary to assess the role the unconscious mind plays throughout the compositional process. In regards to the musical aspect, this study will show the conception process of the music, its elaboration and following development, as well as how the composer has made use of different musical resources to represent and reinforce the concepts established in the ballet script through composition. / Tesis

During World War Two, 77 Japanese Canadians were uprooted from Saltspring Island, and eleven properties were taken from them and later liquidated. The largest belonged to Torazo Iwasaki, and was purchased by the agent for the Custodian of Enemy Property, Gavin Mouat. In contradiction to the widely held view that Japanese Canadians were stoic and accepting of the injustice they faced, a number of Japanese Canadian Saltspringers fiercely resisted what was being done to them. The Iwasaki family launched a court case against the government in 1967 that went all the way to the Supreme Court, and in the face of continued racism the Murakami family returned to Saltspring to rebuild their lives. This thesis investigates the position of the Japanese Canadians in the settler society on Saltspring and how racisms were manifested within it, the government’s decision to liquidate Japanese Canadian properties, and the resistance and resilience of some of the island’s Japanese Canadians. Racist politicians, including the MLA representing the island, were calling for the removal of Japanese Canadians from the west coast. They led the drive to ethnically cleanse British Columbia, but their success depended on the cooperation and acquiescence of many others. This microhistory explains how this process took place on Saltspring Island, while examining the larger story of the decision to liquidate and challenging the legality of the government’s actions. Seventy-five years after the uprooting, a frank acknowledgment of past injustices will be necessary for the full reconciliation of Japanese Canadian survivors and the Saltspring community. / Graduate / 2019-03-26 / 0334 0631

El presente trabajo busca comprender y explicar los procesos compositivos del ballet La delicadeza de lo sublime, de Gabriel Iwasaki. Para lograrlo, primero será necesario fundamentar la postura estética adoptada para esta obra, para lo cual se realizará una reflexión y crítica sobre la estética musical académica contemporánea. El resultado de dichos procesos reflexivos hará posible proponer una visión particular sobre cómo entender la apuesta estética del ballet. Por ser el amor un eje central en el guion del ballet, se reflexionará sobre la vigencia de temas como este en la composición musical. Se explicará hasta qué punto la composición de la obra ha sido influida por vivencias pasadas del compositor y ha constituido un mecanismo de maduración emocional frente a un proceso de duelo personal, razones por las cuales será necesario evaluar el rol del inconsciente a lo largo del proceso de composición. En cuanto a lo propiamente musical, se explicará el proceso de concepción de la música, su elaboración y subsiguiente desarrollo, así como la forma en la cual el compositor ha hecho uso de recursos musicales para representar y reforzar los conceptos planteados en el guion del ballet a través de la composición. / The aim of this study is to understand and explain the compositional processes of the ballet La delicadeza de lo sublime (The Delicacy of the Sublime) by Gabriel Iwasaki. In order to achieve this, it was firstly necessary to substantiate the musical aesthetics stance of this piece, for which a reflection and criticism of the aesthetics of academic contemporary music is needed. The result of these processes of reflection will enable to propose a particular vision on how to understand the musical aesthetics of the ballet. Since love is the focal point in the script of this ballet, it is necessary to reflect on how valid it is to touch on these topics nowadays. The study will explain to what extent the composition of the ballet has been influenced by past experiences of the composer and has worked as an emotional growth mechanism to deal with a personal grief process, which is why it will be necessary to assess the role the unconscious mind plays throughout the compositional process. In regards to the musical aspect, this study will show the conception process of the music, its elaboration and following development, as well as how the composer has made use of different musical resources to represent and reinforce the concepts established in the ballet script through composition.