Apparent Motions is an original composition for an ensemble of fifteen musicians consisting of percussion, harp, keyboards, and stringed instruments. This dissertation is comprised of the composition as well as a written analysis of the composition. The analysis presents the most important technical features of the piece, including pitch organization, counterpoint, and motivic elaboration. Techniques are related to the overall objectives of the work, which involve the composer's personal approach to musical time. The particular treatment of time in the piece results from the coexistence of linear/developmental organization along with cyclical organization. The cyclical features intentionally interfere with the implication of progress by the linear/developmental features. The work's temporal strategy is analyzed in relation to theories regarding musical time put forward by Jonathan Kramer. 1 The primary conclusion reached is that the piece makes use of Kramer's "multiply-directed linear time." / 1Jonathan Kramer, The Time of Music: New Meanings, New Temporalities, New Listening Strategies (New York: Schirmer, 1988).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.84209 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Mariner, Justin |
| Contributors | Bouliane, Denys (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Music (Faculty of Music.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001986448, proquestno: AAINQ88690, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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