This study makes available in English translations the three most important theoretical writings of the Austrian composer Josef Matthias Hauer (1883—1959), whose experiments with atonal and dodecaphonic music are discussed in the treatises. The treatises are Vom Wesen des Musikalischen: Grundlagen der Zwolftonmusik, Vom Melos zur Pauke: eine Einfuhrung in die Zw51ftonmusik, and Zwftlftontechnik: die Lehre von den Tropen. In addition to the translations and commentary the dissertation includes a sketch of Hauer's career and an examination of his claim that he—not Arnold Schoenberg—was the inventor of the dodecaphonic school of composition.

This study addresses a specific gap in research concerning personality type and aesthetic preference. The goal of this study was to assess the following question: is there a positive correlation between an enjoyment of atonal harmony and the personality trait dimension known as “openness to experience”? A survey was crafted, and a number of musical pieces with various degrees of tonality and atonality were composed for this study. Respondents of the survey answered a personality test, listened to the musical pieces and ranked their enjoyment of them. What was found is that not all people who are open to experience enjoy atonal harmony, but a majority of the enjoyers of atonal harmony are open to experience. Potential avenues for future research are discussed, including how knowledge of the relationship between music and the mind can help composers and music theoreticians, as well as game developers. / <p>Det finns övrigt digitalt material (t.ex. film-, bild- eller ljudfiler) eller modeller/artefakter tillhörande examensarbetet som ska skickas till arkivet.</p>

Desmistificando a ideia de que música para o cinema e música para as salas de concerto pertencem a universos distintos, na qual a primeira seria inferior à segunda, o presente trabalho propõe a análise musical parcial de duas obras do compositor norte-americano Bernard Herrmann: a Sinfonietta for String Orchestra e a trilha sonora do filme Psycho (Psicose). Ele se desenvolve mostrando a interação e a intersecção do que denominamos domínios da sala de concerto e do meio cinematográfico, analisando essas peças sob a ótica da intertextualidade elemento de forte presença materializado em Psycho pela reutilização de ideias e até mesmo de movimentos integrais da Sinfonietta O trabalho também retrata o desenvolvimento histórico e estético da música para o cinema e discute questões de ordem funcional e formal. É acompanhado de um CD-ROM com os áudios dos trechos analisados e as imagens das sequências do filme que contêm os trechos musicais selecionados para análise. / In this work an attempt is made to demystify the idea that music for film and music for concert halls belong to different universes, where the first would carry less value than the second. The Sinfonietta for String Orchestra and the soundtrack from the movie Psycho, two musical works of the american composer Bernard Herrman, will be partially analyzed. The analysis portrays the interaction and intersection of what we call the domains of the concert hall and the cinema, analizing these scores from the perspective of intertextuality which can be seen through the reuse of ideas and even whole movements from the Sinfonietta within the soundtrack of Psycho. The work also depicts the historical development, aesthetics of music for film and discusses issues of its function and form. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM with audio excerpts and sequences from the film which contains the musical excerpts selected for this analysis.

Desmistificando a ideia de que música para o cinema e música para as salas de concerto pertencem a universos distintos, na qual a primeira seria inferior à segunda, o presente trabalho propõe a análise musical parcial de duas obras do compositor norte-americano Bernard Herrmann: a Sinfonietta for String Orchestra e a trilha sonora do filme Psycho (Psicose). Ele se desenvolve mostrando a interação e a intersecção do que denominamos domínios da sala de concerto e do meio cinematográfico, analisando essas peças sob a ótica da intertextualidade elemento de forte presença materializado em Psycho pela reutilização de ideias e até mesmo de movimentos integrais da Sinfonietta O trabalho também retrata o desenvolvimento histórico e estético da música para o cinema e discute questões de ordem funcional e formal. É acompanhado de um CD-ROM com os áudios dos trechos analisados e as imagens das sequências do filme que contêm os trechos musicais selecionados para análise. / In this work an attempt is made to demystify the idea that music for film and music for concert halls belong to different universes, where the first would carry less value than the second. The Sinfonietta for String Orchestra and the soundtrack from the movie Psycho, two musical works of the american composer Bernard Herrman, will be partially analyzed. The analysis portrays the interaction and intersection of what we call the domains of the concert hall and the cinema, analizing these scores from the perspective of intertextuality which can be seen through the reuse of ideas and even whole movements from the Sinfonietta within the soundtrack of Psycho. The work also depicts the historical development, aesthetics of music for film and discusses issues of its function and form. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM with audio excerpts and sequences from the film which contains the musical excerpts selected for this analysis.

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Marilyn Shrude is a champion for contemporary concert music. Throughout her career, she has written multiple works including the saxophone that utilize its unique timbre. Atonality is a chief characteristic of her compositional style. Her contributions to the saxophone repertoire include solos, duos with piano, chamber works, quartets and larger works with band. This study surveys five chamber pieces that include saxophone with diverse instruments written by Marilyn Shrude. The pieces includes are Splintered Visions (1985), Notturno: In Memorium Toru Takemitsu (1996), Transparent Eyes (2000), Face of the Moon (2000) and Within Silence (2012). The analysis of each work includes information pertaining to the creation of cohesion and atonality throughout the piece.

The Diploma thesis Organic composition in 20th century abstract Art, Music and Literature aims to explain the gradual process of liberalization of expressive means in Arts, Music and Literature during the 20th century. It describes the picture's emancipation from the dependence on objective reality, particularly V. Kandinsky's way towards abstract expressionism. In Music it traces A. Schonberg's development of the free atonality, and the stream of consciousness technique of J. Joyce in literature. The thesis' second part will be dealing with various manifestations of the organic composition after WWII- action and informal painting in the USA and Europe with its qualitative change. A musical and literal paralel to the principal of organic order will also be briefly introduced on the example of E. Brown's and J. Cage's aleatoric music and the spontaneous writing of J. Kerouac. Selected artistic personalities will be put into socio-cultural context of their time. As a result there comes a complex picture of the organic composition development process, suitable to be used as a source of information for teachers. The didactical part of the thesis will be focused on the possibility of using the given topic in the educational environment.

This document focuses on background and performance practice of various musical styles encountered in Paquito D'Rivera's The Cape Cod Files. More specifically, the musical styles examined include: boogie-woogie, Argentine milonga, classical and popular Cuban music, American twelve-bar blues, contemporary atonal music, and Cuban danzón. A brief biography of Paquito D'Rivera is included to establish context of the composer's musical background. Each chapter examines one of the four movements and the musical styles found within that movement. A brief history of each musical style is provided to inform appropriate performance practice decisions.

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