abstract: Illuminating Silent Voices: An African-American Contribution to the Percussion Literature in the Western Art Music Tradition will discuss how Raymond Ridley's original composition, FyrStar (2009), is comparable to other pre-existing percussion works in the literature. Selected compositions for comparison included Darius Milhaud's Concerto for Marimba, Vibraphone and Orchestra, Op. 278 (1949); David Friedman's and Dave Samuels's Carousel (1985); Raymond Helble's Duo Concertante for Vibraphone and Marimba, Op. 54 (2009); Tera de Marez Oyens's Octopus: for Bass Clarinet and one Percussionist (marimba/vibraphone) (1982). In the course of this document, the author will discuss the uniqueness of FyrStar's instrumentation of nine single reed instruments--E-flat clarinet, B-flat clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, B-flat contrabass clarinet, B-flat soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and B-flat baritone saxophone, juxtaposing this unique instrumentation to the symbolic relationship between the ensemble, marimba, and vibraphone. / Dissertation/Thesis / FyrStar (2009) Live Recording (DMA Recital) / FyrStar (2009) Full Score / D.M.A. Music 2012
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:14958 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Contributors | Thompson, Darrell Irwin (Author), Sunkett, Mark E (Advisor), Bush, Jeffrey (Committee member), Demars, James (Committee member), Little, Bliss (Committee member), Norton, Kay (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Format | 55 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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