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"Untune the Sky": Ten Original Pieces for Microtonal Viola da Gamba with Voice and Electronics

Untune the Sky is a collection of ten original preludes, dances, and songs for microtonal viola da gamba in 7-limit just intonation with voice and live electronics that incorporates elements of Baroque music, traditional Irish dance music, extended just intonation tuning theory, and live electronic audio processing techniques. This thesis thoroughly describes the work and contextualizes its relationship to its historical and contemporary influences. The first sections explain why extended just intonation and viola da gamba were chosen as the central elements of the work. This is followed by a description of the structure, instrumentation, notational conventions, and intended performance practice of the work. The final section contains a musical analysis of the form, harmony, and structure of each piece in the collection. For researchers and interested performers, Appendix A contains a brief catalog of existing microtonal viol repertoire listed with a description of the microtonal techniques used.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1987059
Date08 1900
CreatorsSnead, Jonathan Dunnam
ContributorsMay, Andrew, Leenhouts, Paul, Hong, Sungji
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Snead, Jonathan Dunnam, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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