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“Before I Die…”: Original Composition with a Critical Essay Exploring the Techniques of Six Crossover Composers

Candy Chang developed a public art installation where people are given the opportunity to write their answers to "Before I Die I want to ________." in a public space. I created one of these walls in Denton, TX and set it to music in a 12 minutes and 42 second piece titled Before I Die..., which combines elements of South Indian carnatic music, gospel, R&B, jazz fusion, and minimalism. The composition was influenced by the music of several crossover artists Becca Stevens, Michael League (Snarky Puppy), Nico Muhly, Poovalur Sriji, Tigran Hamasyan, and James Blake. Crossover music, fusion, and third-stream are all synonymous terms used to describe music where multiple genres or styles are authentically combined. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the balance of musical elements in crossover works as well as how specific works composed by the artists mentioned have influenced the creation of the Before I Die... piece.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc700012
Date08 1900
CreatorsTrusko, Robert
ContributorsBroberg, Kirsten, Ragland, Cathy, Sriji, Poovalur, Klein, Joseph, 1962-
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Trusko, Robert, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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