O presente memorial apresenta uma reflexão teórica sobre a utilização da imagem como ponto de partida da organização estrutural e formal do processo composicional. A primeira parte apresenta as referências musicais e as motivações estéticas com as quais dialogo e que impactaram minha composição. A segunda parte consiste em um referente teórico, o qual se centra na análise da importância da imagem nos processos criativos, citando autores como Salles (2011) e Ostrower (2013); por outra parte, sintetiza casos de compositores cujos processos criativos foram mediados pela imagem e empregaram possibilidades de utilização da imagem como orientadora ao longo do percurso criativo. Finalmente, apresento as composições: Fantasia Bolerosa (2012), Quya-Killa (2012), Um Olhar no passado (2013), objeto principal de reflexão e análise, sob os conceitos de repetição e reiteração, Ferraz (1998). O resultado deste trabalho demonstra que a utilização da imagem é uma ferramenta que pode complementar a metodologia composicional na criação de peças como as que integram este memorial de composição. / The memorial gift provides a theoretical reflection on the use of the image as a starting point in the structural organization and the formal compositional process. The first part presents the musical references and aesthetic motivations with which dialogue and that somehow influenced my composition. The second part consists of a theoretical framework which focuses on analyzing the importance of image in creative processes, citing authors such as Salles (2011) and Ostrower (2013), for other instances synthesizes part of composers, whose processes were mediated by creative image and who employed possibilities of using image as a guideline along the creative path. Finally I present the compositions: Fantasia Bolerosa (2012), Quya- Killa (2012), Um Olhar no passado (2013), the main object of reflection and analysis. The result of this study shows that the use of the image is a tool that can complement the compositional methodology in creating pieces as that integrate this memorial composition.

Esta tese apresenta estudos interpretativos sobre as obras musicais compostas pelo autor durante seu doutoramento: Introverso (piano), Ao Pó (clarinete em si , trombone, violoncelo, piano), Breviário das Narrativas Absurdas (vibrafone, piano), Coisas Pelo Ar (piano), O Desvão (2 clarinetes em si, clarone, piano), Epopeia Fantástica (oboé, trombone, percussão, violino, contrabaixo). A partir de uma perspectiva teórica hermenêutica, é realizada uma adaptação do conceito de narrativa musical a essas obras, alicerçando-a em extensa revisão bibliográfica sobre o assunto e estabelecendo procedimentos metodológicos para a elaboração de interpretações narrativas desse repertório. O objetivo geral do trabalho é conceber e fundamentar teoricamente interpretações que possam ser consideradas como transformadoras conceituais da música e continuadoras do processo composicional do autor. Esses procedimentos são complementados com definições reflexivas sobre o processo composicional, enfatizando o viés criativo e performático da disciplina ‘análise musical’. Assim, o produto desta tese pode ser dividido em três categorias: reflexão crítica sobre obras musicais compostas durante o curso de doutorado (apresentadas aqui em partitura e gravação audiovisual); interpretação analítica e narrativa dessas obras; fundamentação teórica e metodológica dessa interpretação. As três categorias são consideradas como complementares e imprescindíveis para o cumprimento dos objetivos desta tese, a qual o autor oferece como contribuição a debates pertinentes e correntes nas áreas de composição e teoria da música. / This thesis presents interpretive studies on musical works composed by the author during his doctoral studies. From a hermeneutical perspective, the concept of musical narrative was adapted to the analytical necessities found in these works. This adaptation includes extensive bibliographic review on the issue of musical narrative; it establishes methodological procedures for the elaboration of analytical/narrative interpretations for this repertoire. The overall objective of this thesis is to conceive and substantiate theoretically these interpretations, considering them as conceptual and transformative actions on the music, and therefore a continuation of the author’s compositional process. For this purpose, the abovementioned procedures were complemented with reflexive definitions regarding this compositional process, emphasizing the creative and performing bias of musical analysis. Thus, the product of this thesis may be divided into three categories: publication and critical reflection on the musical compositions created during this doctorate (presented here as scores and audiovisual recordings); analytical and narrative interpretations of these works; implementation of theoretical and methodological foundations for these interpretations. These three categories are seen as complementary and indispensable for the purposes of this thesis, which is meant by its author as a consistent contribution for the current debates on musical composition and musical theory. The following compositions are included in this thesis: Introverso (piano), Ao Pó (B clarinet, trombone, violoncello, piano), Breviário das Narrativas Absurdas (vibraphone, piano), Coisas Pelo Ar (piano), O Desvão (2 B clarinets, bass clarinet, piano), Epopeia Fantástica (oboe, trombone, percussion, violin, double bass).

abstract: This work explores the blurring and eradication of boundaries – whether the boundaries are musical, social, cultural, linguistical, or political. I wanted to create a work that would explore the boundaries of my own dual identities, such as Mexican or American, or masculine or feminine, and that of my varied interests, such as popular, jazz, and European art music. After half a year of work, Sueño-Vibrant is the dazzling, whirlwind of a result (“vibrant” is pronounced just as it is in English). I worked with poet Marco Piña because we share many similarities in our artistic philosophies, owing to our mutual identities as bilingual Chicanxs. Considering the poems themselves, for me, “Bastardized Spanglish Translations” reveals an individual recovering from the end of a romantic relationship, whereas “Night Song” is about the self-discovery of one’s identity. By pairing these two poems, I create a polarity between the texts themselves, to highlight that the shaping of identity is both an internal and external process. In the cantata, we travel from the mourning and mysterious “Do My Eyes Lie” to the Mexican folk-styled “Ya me voy;” the arduous and painful “Ban Me From Balancing;” the indie- and jazz-inspired “Soon I’ll Be Home;” the introspective choral work “Night Song;” and the dissonant and disoriented “This Song Keeps Skipping.” I complete the work with “Adiós, Amor,” where these seemingly disparate feelings, genres, ideas, and identities are tied together and explored to fruition through a variety of styles and genres, from the salsa, to the opera chorus. With this work, I invite audiences to consider their own identities and those of others, and to embrace the social dissonances that happen both within us and around us. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Composition 2019

abstract: Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, written in 1912 for an ensemble of flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello, and voice/narrator (with certain instrumental doublings), has, since its premiere, greatly influenced composers writing chamber music. In fact, this particular instrumentation has become known as the “Pierrot Ensemble,” with variations on Schoenberg’s creation used by Igor Stravinsky, Luciano Berio, and many other composers. There are many resources devoted to music for chamber winds composed during the twentieth century, including those inspired by Schoenberg’s configuration. Additionally, many sources have comprehensively covered known chamber music composed before 1900. However, there is very little research dedicated to chamber wind music composed since 2000. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the body of research about the music by: 1) creating an annotated bibliography of 21st century wind chamber music.; and 2) thereby catalyzing the discovery of recently composed wind chamber music. Moreover, I hope to address and encourage diversity through my research. To that end, the Composer’s Diversity Database was used as a primary resource for discovering compositions written since 2000 for wind/percussion-based ensembles comprising six to thirteen players. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2019

abstract: Double bass drumming is a genre of drum set performance that utilizes a bass drum pedal for both the right and left feet. This allows the feet to function much like the hands, and provides the ability to play faster rhythmic passages on the bass drum that would otherwise be impossible in the classic single-pedal arrangement. The feet are then elevated to new levels of importance, which creates new challenges in four-limb coordination. This double bass drumming tradition has been in use since the mid-20th century, and it has become extremely popular since that time. Today, virtually every drum set retailer offers the double bass pedal as part of their inventory. Many large drum solo competitions, such as the Guitar Center Drum-Off, also include a double bass pedal as part of the provided drum set. However, even with this recent growth in popularity of double bass drumming, there remains a significant lack of scholarly research on the topic. This could be due to the popularity of double bass drumming remaining fairly new, and that the primary implementation of this drumming style remains outside of the art music tradition. This document will help further bring this complex drumming tradition to light by providing an in-depth analysis of the double-bass drumming style through historical overview, explanation of various technical approaches and considerations, and an analysis of common double bass drumming performance practice. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2019

abstract: Joseph Turrin’s compositions for trumpet are frequently performed, and have become a large part of the trumpet repertoire. His trumpet works are played at events such as International Trumpet Guild conferences, have been featured with many well-known orchestras and bands, and are standard recital works. Many of Turrin’s trumpet works have been performed and recorded by well-established musicians, which include Philip Smith, Joseph Alessi, David Hickman, Robert Sullivan, Brian Shaw, Thomas Hooten, Terry Everson, Wynton Marsalis, and Alison Balsom. This study examines in detail each of Joseph Turrin’s twenty-four published works for trumpet. Turrin’s pieces include Elegy, Caprice, Concerto for Trumpet, Intrada, Two Portraits, Someone to Watch Over Me, Chronicles, Two Gershwin Portraits, Fandango, and Three Episodes, and include pieces written for Philip Smith, Joseph Alessi, Wynton Marsalis, Harold Lieberman, Lew Soloff, Brian Shaw, Robert Sullivan, and Thomas Hooten. A complete history of each composition and arrangement, and information relating to their premieres are presented. Technical elements from the music are discussed, such as range, articulation, melodic contour, endurance, and difficult fingerings. Biographical information such as youth, education, and career about Turrin are incorporated, along with a discussion of his compositional characteristics and influences. In addition, a list of each work with an assigned difficulty grade, as well as a current discography, is included. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2019

abstract: Between the years of 1818 and 1833 the Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist, Carl Czerny (1791–1857) wrote one of his greatest compositions, the f minor Grand Piano Sonata, Op.178 for piano four hands. Overshadowed by composers like Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and possibly because of Czerny’s prolific pedagogical output, this work has received little scholarly attention and is rarely performed. The aim of my paper is first to provide a concise background of the composer for better insight of his ideas and influences and, second to provide a theoretical framework and analysis of the composition to show how this piece is uniquely set in the musical backdrop among early nineteenth century piano music. Further, I will demonstrate performance concepts and ideas of the composition highlighting his instructional mastery. There are two components for this project including a research paper and a lecture recital. I hope this project could bring more musicians and audiences to Carl Czerny’s serious and concert music as he categorized his music. He had been a great model of true artist, he composes, teaches and perhaps not the greatest promoter of his own music like the contemporaries. However, he devoted most of his life to development of music and the new generation of pianists, which is the most honorable of an individual. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2019

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:52:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 4458269 bytes, checksum: e26ebc4f8039ff38afd8b1aa41c2f89e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This work deals with the compositional principles and techniques used to create a cycle of pieces written by the author and named Genesis. This cycle consists of four pieces for Viola de Arame (Brazilian Viola) solo, Viola de Arame and flute, and Viola de Arame accompanied by two instrumental ensembles (Genesis II and Genesis IV). The compositional process applied on the Cycle was a result of a research on the application of the sonority of the Brazilian Viola as sound material, making use of techniques from the so-called Spectral Music. The theoretical groundwork for the comprehension of spectral music was found in Tristan Murail (1993), François Rose (1996) and Joshua Fineberg (2000), among other authors. Based on this set of references, the compositional processes applied to Genesis were analyzed and registered, from the most elementary procedures, such as the usage of the harmonic series applied on the first piece, to the most specific one, such as ring modulation, used in Genesis II and Genesis III. The fourth piece was composed using a computer program for spectral analysis, editing, and synthesis. The resultant material produced by the application of this piece of software on sounds from the Brazilian Viola was used to construct and analyze sound aggregates that were considered raw material of the composition process. / Este trabalho trata dos princípios e técnicas composicionais empregados para criar um ciclo de peças escritas pelo Autor, denominado Genesis. Esse ciclo consiste de quatro peças: viola de arame solo, viola de arame e flauta, e viola de arame acompanhada de dois grupos instrumentais (Genesis II e Genesis IV). O processo composicional das peças que integram o ciclo foi resultado de uma pesquisa sobre a aplicação da sonoridade da viola de arame como material composicional, utilizando técnicas oriundas da chamada música espectral. A fundamentação teórica para a compreensão da música espectral partiu de autores como Tristan Murail (1993), François Rose (1996) e Joshua Fineberg (2000), entre outros. Com base nesses referenciais, foram analisados e registrados os processos composicionais aplicados na composição do ciclo, desde os procedimentos mais elementares, como a utilização da série harmônica em Genesis I, até procedimentos mais específicos, como a técnica de modulação em anel utilizada em Genesis II e Genesis III. A quarta peça foi composta usando um programa de computador para análise espectral, edição e síntese. O material resultante produzido pela aplicação desse programa em sons oriundos da viola de arame foi usado para construir e analisar agregados sonoros que foram considerados matéria-prima do procedimento composicional.

O presente trabalho consiste em uma reflexão sobre os procedimentos criativos de um conjunto de composições, relacionada aos conceitos de memória/memorial e identidade. Identidade que está conectada ao procedimento de criação musical e à busca por um conjunto de signos, atitudes e decisões que possam contribuir, de certa forma, para a constituição de uma identidade sonora. O primeiro capítulo compreende uma revisão sobre os conceitos de memória/memorial e identidade, abordando questões sociais, culturais, artísticas e, principalmente, musicais associadas a esses temas. Os capítulos seguintes investigam as composições individualmente, ressaltando o referencial específico e as considerações estéticas que envolveram o ato composicional. O capítulo conclusivo expõe os elementos, decisões e atitudes composicionais utilizadas e reutilizadas, que circundaram a criação das peças constituintes deste trabalho, com a finalidade de trazer à tona indícios de uma possível identidade entre as composições e, consequentemente, deste compositor. / This paper consists in a reflection on the creative procedures of a set of compositions, related to the concepts of memory/memorial and identity. Identity that is connected to the procedure of musical creation and to the search for a set of signs, attitudes and decisions that can contribute in some way to the constitution of a sonic identity. Entails a review on memory/memorial and identity, addressing social, cultural, artistic and, most importantly, musical issues associated to those themes. Then, it discourses about the compositions individually, relating the specific referential and aesthetic considerations involving the compositional act. The final chapter outlines the compositional elements, decisions and attitudes utilized and reused, which encircled the creation of each one of the works constituents of this paper, in order to expose indications of a possible identity between the compositions and, therefore, of this composer.

Swan is a multimedia work for conducted ensemble with amplified instruments, electronics and video projections. Swan is about going out: going out to the street, to the club, to a ritual, to a party or a funeral. It’s about real places with real people, but less about the realities of these places and more about their vibe. It’s about getting out of home, the studio, the institution, going to places where people connect and do things, sing, dance, laugh, cry, perform or celebrate. The music of Swan come from ‘outside.’ Swan’s aesthetic is a blend of Turkish/Islamic and pop-cultural elements. The opening section, Korridor, is a drone/ambient movement with a big trance synth part. It is ritual music. It is big, dense, heavy, and it moves slowly, like lava. Karaoke Mahshar is a Turkish Trance-Pop hybrid. It is a very melancholic, dark piece of music. The instrumental choir sing an emotional pop/“fantasy music” (a Turkish genre) melody in unison over a flamboyant electronic track. It’s the soundtrack to a club for the wasted, for emotional after-hours karaoke. The final section, Rod Modell, is a dub-techno influenced ambient movement. It is the sound of a giant, post-apocalyptic mosque - a mosque sunken in chalky waters. This section evolves to a big, stretched monophonic melody, a song from the old times, which finally cadences to an electronically processed “tilâvet”. I started composing Swan in July 2016 in Turkey, before the military coup attempt took place. The work is not programmatic, however, the sound materials I worked with, the musical references and the sonic and visual iconography it incorporates are rather influenced by and derive from the sounds, sights and emotions I experienced during my stay. By the end of my visit, a person who had been very dear to my heart, Ferhunde Köke, had passed away. I recorded the sounds of her burial accompanied by a hafız’s recitation of the Surah Al-Baqarah 2:156 from the Holy Qur’an which I edited, processed and ended this work with.