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Mitt arbete har tagit avstamp i min vilja att lyfta fram unika egenskaper i musikverk. Flerdelade musikverk (exempelvis sviter) består ofta av delar (exempelvis satser) som kontrasterar mot varandra på något sätt. Det är just dessa kontraster som jag intresserat mig för. Arbetets syfte är att undersöka hur jag ska kunna uppnå musikaliskt kontrasterande resultat med hjälp av en regelstyrd kompositionsmetod. Metoden utgår från att man skapar särskilda ramar för varje del (sats) i ett musikverk i kompositionsprocessen, där ramarna för de enskilda delarna även fungerar som förbud för de andra delarna. Dessa förbud är huvudfokus för metoden, och därför kallar jag metoden "antikomposition". För att kunna utveckla metoden har jag komponerat en 25 minuter lång orkestersvit i fyra satser, där jag utnyttjar en kompositionsprocess jag använt mig av tidigare. Jag har även läst på om andra kompositionsmetoder för att skapa en metod som utgår från relevanta arbetssätt i komposition. Egna analyser av fyra andra verk har hjälpt mig hantverksmässigt, konstnärligt men också med material som underlättat att kommunicera mina tankar. För att undvika "blindhet" för min egen musik har jag dessutom tagit hjälp av andra tonsättare som kommenterat mitt verk.

In this thesis the author´s aim was to create new music using folk melodies as an inspiration and during the composition process explore the correlation between an intuitive and a rational approach. From beginning creating music at an early age, the author has always had a strong connection with the intuitive approach which, during the years in the bachelor program in composition, has been challenged in different ways. Besides a curiosity about the correlation between the rational and the intuitive approach, a wish to incorporate folk melodies in new music became a background to this thesis project. The method consisted of composing two scores, each according to a pre-planned method, for both string quartet and string orchestra where two different folk melodies were chosen for each composition. By composing music according to the methods, combining both folk melodies and different compositional tools, the author discovered how the rational and the intuitive approach effected the composition process. One discovery was the importance of allowing the intuitive approach during the first stadium of the composition process which made it easier to adopt the two methods. Through the discoveries that were made the author deepened the knowledge in using different approaches to develop the musical language.

This essay describes a single case self-study of a music composer in order to track the compositional process in real time. In the study the subject and the researcher are the same person. The study builds on previous empirical studies that have used methodological approaches such as analysis of computer-based digital data collection, verbal protocol and video observations. It deals with issues of the compositional process related to for example time consumption, number of artistic decisions, the different roles and skills of a music composer, and methods of research in the musical composition process. During three shifts the researcher worked as a music composer dealing with the issue of converting an audio sketch of a composition into a representative finished audio product. The aim of the study was to highlight a specific phase the composititional process. The results can be divided into artistic and a scientific perspective. An artistic result is a developed and improved musical composition. Examples of scientific results is making visible and discussing artistic strategies in the context of musical composition. The study discusses different artistic roles that the composer uses during composing, each role with different skills and conditions, and how this role-playing significantly may influence the artistic result.

Detta är en studie om lärande- och skapandeprocesser. Mer specifikt innefattar studien en observation av hur jag arrangerar 3 låtar för olika instrument under en tidsbestämd period. De frågor som behandlas är vilka tekniker jag använder, vilka problem som uppstår och hur det fungerar att arrangera på tid. Slutsatsen av hela observationen har visat att det är en bredd av faktorer som samspelar i kompositionsprocessen. Det har visat sig att jag applicerar intuition, diskursivt tänkande, musikteoretisk teknik och erfarenhet i arrangeringen av musik. Observationen är till stor del belyst av det fenomenologiska perspektivet och fenomenologisk metod används i analysen av mitt observerade material. / This is a study about learning and creative processes. More specifically, the study contains an observation of how I arrange three songs for different instruments within a specific time limit. The questions that are accounted for in this study are what techniques I use, which problems arise and how the time limit affects the result. The result of this study shows that a variety of factors are present during my composition/arranging process. It shows that I apply intuition, discursive thinking, music theoretical techniques, and experience in the field of arranging music. The observation is, to some extent, analysed from phenomenological perspective.

I projektet ville jag undersöka vilka personliga berättelser som finns hos musikerna vid KMH. Det vi pratar om när vi pratar om musiker är ofta utbildning, teknik och musikaliska förebilder. Men jag tror inte att det är vad musikerna själva vill kommunicera med sin musik. Under min kandidatutbildning på KMH upplevde jag att fokuset på hantverkskunnande överskuggade reflektion kring konstnärlig identitet. Jag ville i detta projekt resonera kring vad som skulle kunna hända om man reflekterade kring de båda lika mycket. Förutom att presentera en scen för de personliga berättelserna ville jag också undersöka andra tillvägagångssätt än de traditionella för både kompositionoch instudering av musik. Kompositionsprocessen har till stor del handlat om semantik som metod för komposition. / When talking about musicians we usually talk about education, technique and musical role models. But I don’t believe that that is what the musicians themselves want to communicate with their music. In this project I wanted to investigate the personal stories of the musicians at KMH. During my education at KMH I've experienced that the reflection about artistic identity was overshadowed by the focus on craftmanship. I wanted to discuss what might happen if one gave the two the same attention. Apart from presenting a scene for the personal stories I also wanted to investigate alternative ways for composing and studying music. An extensive part of the composition process has been about semantics as a method for composition.

Denna uppsats undersöker hur naturupplevelser på en utvald plats kan omvandlas till musik i en kompositionsprocess. Den utforskar också hur denna omvandlingsprocess kan utvidga och berika en intuitiv kompositionsprocess och hur detta påverkar tonsättarens estetik. De utvalda platserna är ett strandlandskap utanför Piteå och en fjällsjö utanför Kiruna i norra Sverige. Den valda metoden inkluderar kompositionsprocessen av två musikstycken, ett för kammarensemble och ett för symfoniorkester. Kompositionsprocessens fokus har varit omvandlingen från visuella, audiella och taktila mönster, ljud och material, och integrerar även dokumentation av visuella mönster och inspelningar av autentiska ljud av nylagd havsis och dess kontakt med vatten. Skisser, laborationer med musiker, och inkluderandet av Robert Eks utvidgade klarinett med MiM-teknologi har också varit en del av kompositionsprocessen och studien. Resultatet är två komponerade stycken: Seascape Patterns för NorrlandsOperans Symfoniorkester och Ice Glyph för den nutida kammarensemblen Norrbotten NEO, både som partitur och video/ljudfiler. / This thesis investigates how nature experiences can be transformed into music in a composition process. It also explores how this transformative process can expand and enhance an intuitive composing process and investigates how this affects the esthetics of the composer. The landscapes choosen are a seashore outside Piteå, and a mountain lake area outside Kiruna in the north of Sweden. The method used have included the composition processes of two pieces of music, one for contemporary chamber ensemble and one for symphony orchestra. The focus of the composition process has been the transition from visual, auditive and tactile patterns, sounds and materials, and has incorporated documentation of visual patterns and field recordings of authentic sounds of freezing ice and water. Sketches and laborative workshops with musicians, including Robert Eks augmented clarinet with MiM technology have also been a part of the composition process and the study. The result was two composed pieces: Seascape Patterns for NorrlandsOperans Symphony Orchestra and Ice Glyph for the contemporary chamber ensemble Norrbotten NEO, both as scores and recordings/audio files.

Denna uppsats har formen av en essä. Syftet var att inom kompositionsprocessen synliggöra och studera viktiga parametrar och utvecklingsområden, samt jämföra resultatet mellan avsikten, slutresultatet av kompositionen och det som hände där emellan. Kompositionerna som har legat till grund för arbetet är två stycken för storband och ett stycke för tenorsaxofon och kammarensemble. Styckena och den kreativa processen analyseras utifrån ett personligt kompositionsperspektiv och resultatet visar att det genom målmedvetet arbete är möjligt att utveckla sin teknik och speciella beståndsdelar. Slutsatsen är att det går att förändra väl rotade vanor om man önskar det men att det kräver tid, mod och engagemang. / This master thesis has been written in the form of an essay. The purpose has been to unfold important parameters within the compositional process and to reflect upon how various parameters developed during this process. Additionally, it has been my aim to evaluate the results with respect to my intentions. Three compositions were analyzed. Two pieces for big band and one piece for tenor saxophone and chamber ensemble. The compositions and the creative process were analyzed from the composer's view. The result shows that it has been possible to develop my own compositional technique and various personal ingredients through deliberate practise of my compositional skills. My conclusion is, that if one wishes to change deep-rooted habits, it is possible to develop new habits, however, these matters require patience, commitment, as well as as fearlessness. / <p>Konserten blev uppskjuten pga coronaviruset (Covid-19)</p><p>Kompositioner för storband, Erika Hammarberg</p><p>Humboldt</p><p>The Crossing</p><p>Paso Doble </p><p>Berget</p><p></p><p></p>

In this bachelor thesis in the field of artistic research, the author’s aim was to gain practical and experience-based knowledge on how to access their inner voice in the process of composing notated contemporary music. The theoretical framework was obtained from theories on compositional craft, composers’ voice and a concept from the rhetoric, mimesis, was used as a model for the approach to creating composition exercises. The procedure of the bachelor thesis started with semi-structured interviews with four professional composers, who were asked about their compositional processes. Based on the results of the interviews, a composition exercise, called mimesis-exercise, was created for each of the interviewee, and then performed by the author. After each mimesis-exercise was finished, a reflective evaluation on the process was written.  A summary of each interview is presented in the implementation and detailed descriptions on how the compositional process was conducted for each of the four mimesis-exercises are presented in the results part. The artistic production of the bachelor thesis consists of five new pieces, each composed for one of the ensembles: SATB-choir, string ensemble, organ (two pieces), and solo trombone. The four research questions were answered through a thematic analysis and reflective texts.   The conclusions made during the process of the bachelor thesis was that the author experienced an enhanced understanding and connection to both the compositional process and the sounding material produced. The experience of composing, both the pieces which was part of the project, but especially those composed close after the thesis’s end, was more emotional and personal than the author experienced before the start of the bachelor thesis. The author reflected on how her development and discovering of her compositional voice was made through the procedure of the mimesis-exercises. The conclusive texts of the bachelor thesis add accounts for experience-based and personal perspectives to previous research on composer’s voice.