This paper explores the compositional method of “temporal plane shifting” used to evoke states of suspended time in two of my compositions, Something Like Your Lagrangian Point (2019), for two pianists and two percussionists, and Nothing Never Always Sometimes Changes (2021) for alto flute/piccolo, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, and piano. Temporal plane shifting involves overlaying musical material of unrelated tempi—what I call “temporal planes”—to create an experience of time that parallels being in two different locations or states at once. I argue that this creates the feeling of “suspended time.” This paper begins with an overarching theory that, because our conceptions of time are bound with our conceptions of motion, states of entrainment are thus felt as locations in space. This argument is then expanded to explain the reasoning behind suspended time as the sensation of being in two locations at once. The rest of the paper uses the aforementioned pieces to explore how temporal planes are composed by way of instrumental juxtaposition, rhythmic juxtaposition, material limitation, and gestural repetition, and ends with a discussion of future considerations for the expansion of temporal plane composition.

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A presente dissertação apresenta um estudo que teve por objetivo buscar subsídios para a construção da performance da Sonata Op. 61 para violino e piano do compositor ítalo-brasileiro Glauco Velásquez (1884-1914). Primeiramente realizamos um breve estudo biográfico do compositor e das influências musicais a que foi exposto, destacando sua colaboração com a violinista Paulina d\'Ambrósio. Foram comparados elementos de sua Sonata Op. 61 com as sonatas de Franck e Lekeu, por apresentarem tais compositores relações diretas de semelhança e influência sobre Velásquez. Por fim, através de estudo da partitura, evidenciamos os elementos relevantes para a compreensão e performance da Sonata Op. 61, com sugestões de execução e comentários resultantes da experiência do preparo da obra e sua apresentação pública em recital. / This dissertation presents a research that has as goal find elements to the musical interpretation of the Sonata Op.61 for violin and piano by the italian-brazilian composer Glauco Velásquez (1884-1914). Firstly we present a brief research about the biography of the composer and the musical influences that he was exposed, highlighting his partnership whit the violinist Paulina d\'Ambrósio. Elements from the Sonata Op. 61 has been compared whit the sonatas by Franck and Lekeu, since these works have a close relationship of similarity and influence on Velásquez. Finally, through study of the score, we highlight the important elements for understanding and performing the Sonata Op.61, whit suggestions and comments resulting from the rehearsals and public performance of the work in a recital.

A presente dissertação apresenta um estudo que teve por objetivo buscar subsídios para a construção da performance da Sonata Op. 61 para violino e piano do compositor ítalo-brasileiro Glauco Velásquez (1884-1914). Primeiramente realizamos um breve estudo biográfico do compositor e das influências musicais a que foi exposto, destacando sua colaboração com a violinista Paulina d\'Ambrósio. Foram comparados elementos de sua Sonata Op. 61 com as sonatas de Franck e Lekeu, por apresentarem tais compositores relações diretas de semelhança e influência sobre Velásquez. Por fim, através de estudo da partitura, evidenciamos os elementos relevantes para a compreensão e performance da Sonata Op. 61, com sugestões de execução e comentários resultantes da experiência do preparo da obra e sua apresentação pública em recital. / This dissertation presents a research that has as goal find elements to the musical interpretation of the Sonata Op.61 for violin and piano by the italian-brazilian composer Glauco Velásquez (1884-1914). Firstly we present a brief research about the biography of the composer and the musical influences that he was exposed, highlighting his partnership whit the violinist Paulina d\'Ambrósio. Elements from the Sonata Op. 61 has been compared whit the sonatas by Franck and Lekeu, since these works have a close relationship of similarity and influence on Velásquez. Finally, through study of the score, we highlight the important elements for understanding and performing the Sonata Op.61, whit suggestions and comments resulting from the rehearsals and public performance of the work in a recital.

Thesis (D.M.A)--University of Maryland, College Park, 2005. / Compact discs.

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In the world of chamber music, programmatic suites are more rarely composed and consequently more rarely presented in recital than other musical forms. Perhaps partially for this reason, George Enescu's Impressions d'enfance for violin and piano, his last chamber piece written in the tumultuous year of 1940, has been overlooked for a long time; even the composer himself did not make a recording of this seldom performed piece. This dissertation examines Impressions d'enface in order to explore the relationship between the underlying Romanian folk rhythmic and melodic patterns, to provide an analysis, as well as to serve as a performance guide to assist performers in surmounting the technical challenges and thus create a more effective ensemble. I hope this dissertation will encourage more duos to experiencing the joy of George Enescu's richly fulfilling Impressions d'enfance for themselves.

Paul Schoenfeld (b. 1947) is considered one of the major American composers of the present day to have incorporated many different styles in his music. Although Schoenfeld primarily uses a combination of folk, popular music, klezmer, and jazz in most of his compositions, he has also incorporated other distinctive musical styles in his works, such as neo-Baroque, particularly in his Partita for Violin and Piano (2002). The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the eclectic combination of neo-Baroque and klezmer elements found in Schoenfeld's Partita. This research provides a detailed comparative analysis of his work with Johann Sebastian Bach's Clavier-Übung I, BWV 825–830, and 6 Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato, BWV 1001–1006, primarily to see how Schoenfeld made use of Baroque forms, imitative passages, rhythms, and other stylistic features, then fused them with klezmer elements. Klezmer is a genre of music stemming from the Eastern European Jewish tradition; its distinctive characteristics are modal scales and Hasidic vocal ornaments. Knowing the mixture of Baroque and klezmer stylistic influences should help performers to interpret the piece.