Cenotaph is a work of fifteen minutes duration for solo tape realized on the Synclavier Digital Music System at the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. All of the sound materials in the work consist of resynthesized timbres derived from the analysis of digital recordings of seven different human voices, each speaking the last name of one of the Challenger astronauts. The work's harmonic resources are derived in a unique way involving partitioning of the octave by powers of the Golden Section. The work is in a single movement divided into three sections which function as prologue, action, and epilogue, respectively. This formal structure is reinforced by differentiation of harmonicmaterials and texture. Although Cenotaph cannot be performed "live" and exists only as a recording, a graphic score is included to assist analysis and study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331070 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Rogers, Rowell S. (Rowell Seldon) |
| Contributors | Brown, Newel K., Conrady, Denis A., Austin, Larry, Tenniswood-Barnett, Kathleen |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | 1 score (lxxv, 16 leaves) : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Rogers, Rowell S. (Rowell Seldon), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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