The Peabody Conservatory commissioned Estudios De Frontera by Alejandro Viñao in 2004. Percussionist Robert Van Sice initiated the commissioning process. Estudios De Frontera is the first composition for percussion ensemble by Viñao. Viñao's Estudios is written in two movements. The first is titled Homage to Nancarrow. As the title implies the compositional processes are directly influenced by Conlon Nancarrow. The composer states: "Homage to Nancarrow is concerned with the perceptual illusion of multiple simultaneous speeds or tempi....This movement explores the type of rhythms that create the illusion that multiple independent tempi are being heard while remaining playable by musicians." The purpose of this document is to provide a rhythmic analysis describing the techniques used by Chopin, Ligeti, and Nancarrow, and demonstrating their manifestation in the first movement of Alejandro Viñao's Estudios de Frontera. The analysis provides detailed information in regards to Nancarrow's rhythmic structures including: ostinato, hemiola, isorhythm, accelerations, and implied poly-tempo. Additionally, by seeking advice from notable performers and ensembles, the areas of greatest concern are identified, and strategies towards rehearsal and performance are recommended. The performance guide is included as an appendix to the analytic body of the paper.

Orientador: Jônatas Manzolli / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T07:47:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Monteiro_AdrianoClaro_M.pdf: 4807040 bytes, checksum: 3fdb8b9f91d66c6551c1e540e753d2ef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre o computador como instrumento de performance musical. A partir deste estudo desenvolvemos processos de criação musical com base na representação algorítmica e no código computacional. Os dois principais recursos técnicos que utilizamos em nossos trabalhos foram: uma técnica de síntese sonora baseada na geração de forma de ondas por equações não-lineares; e métodos de recuperação de informação musical para prover análise e memória em tempo real dos parâmetros musicais de uma performance. O corpo da dissertação possui a seguinte estrutura: primeiramente, apresentamos as características dos instrumentos musicais digitais e as implicações de seu emprego na prática musical. Em seguida fazemos uma revisão do estado da arte da área de recuperação da informação musical e detalhamos os métodos específicos que utilizamos nesse trabalho, que incluem: a) a extração de parâmetros musicais de sinais de áudio monofônicos capturados de instrumentos acústicos; b) análises do comportamento dinâmico de medidas extraídas do sinal de áudio, através de mapas de Poincaré. Posteriormente, expomos o método de e síntese por equações não-lineares. E por fim, apresentamos os processos de criação musical que desenvolvemos com base nos estudos realizados / Abstract: This work presents a study about the computer as an instrument for musical performance. Based on this study we developed processes of music creation using the algorithmic representation and the computer code. The two main technical resources we applied in our works were: a sound synthesis method based on the generation of waveforms by non-linear equations; and methods for music information retrieval to provide a computer memory of the music parameters in real time. The dissertation has the following structure: first, we show the characteristics of the digital music instruments and the consequences of its using in the musical practice. Second, we review the state of the art of music information retrieval area and we detail the specific methods we used in our works, which include: a) the extraction of music parameters from monophonic audio signals captured from acustic instruments; b) analysis of the dynamic behavior of measurements extracted from audio signal, by means of Poincaré maps. Next, we present the sound synthesis method by non-linear equations. Finally, we show the musical creative process we developed based on our studies / Mestrado / Processos Criativos / Mestre em Música

The aim of the master’s thesis is the design of a new music club building in Valtice. The first part of the thesis is the architectural and structural design. The building of irregular rectangular shape with one underground floor and two above-ground floors is divided into two main operational units – a dance hall and a rock club. The chosen structural system is reinforced concrete columns with locally supported floors. The walls are made of sand-lime blocks. The main insulation material is hemp. The building is covered by a flat roof with extensive greenery. The second part deals with the building services. Ventilation, heating and cooling are provided by HVAC units. The heat source is condensing gas boilers, the cooling source is an outdoor VRV cooling unit. The third part of the master‘s thesis is the acoustic assessment of the building. As a noise source, it mainly addresses the acoustic impact on the surrounding buildings in the vicinity. Furthermore, it optimizes the reverberation time in the rock club. The project was produced in accordance with the legal regulations and technical standards and created in AutoCAD software.