Delphic Suite is a composition for orchestra that depicts specific events narrated in Homer's epic tale, Odyssey. For the purpose of this thesis the second movement, Raid on Ismarus, has been omitted so as to focus on the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic structures of the first movement, Lament from Troy, and the third movement, Ruler of the Winds. Each of these musical parameters will be analyzed in order to illustrate the Suite's imitation of compositional techniques exemplified in the music of Homer's era, and the musical results obtained by juxtaposing those parameters upon a twentieth-century tonal scheme that provides the Suite with an eclectic ambience.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc501059 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Walczyk, Kevin, 1964- |
| Contributors | McTee, Cindy, 1953-, Cho, Gene J., Joyner, David Lee |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | 1 score (xxxi, 37 leaves): ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Walczyk, Kevin, 1964-, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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