Triptych for Wind Ensemble is a three movement work for an orchestral woodwind and brass section with tympani and four percussionists. The three movements of this work are each related through certain musical gestures. These gestures are not presented clearly enough to be considered as recurring themes, but the fact that each movement incorporates similar musical ideas while establishing entirely different moods marks this work as being similar to a triptych, in which three different yet related scenes may be depicted. / The first movement is a majestic, fanfare-like movement. While there are moments in this movement which are relatively calm, its main impression is one of power and force. The entire movement is built from its initial rhythmic motive, which is expanded and altered to form larger musical formations such as the percussion ostinati which gain prominence as this movement progresses. By the movement's end, this motive has clearly inhabited every aspect of the musical material. / The second movement is a sogetto cavato upon the name "Sube," which is represented by the pitches E-flat, C, B-flat, and E-natural (Es, Ut, B, E). This movement has a very light, playful character, very much like a traditional scherzo movement. As the movement develops, the "Sube" motive becomes more prominent. / The final movement is of a mysterious nature. Instead of bringing the work to a rousing (and, possibly, more ordinary) conclusion, this movement ends the triptych with an ethereal feeling. Much of the final movement is written without meter signatures, thus lending to it an air of suspended time. Isolated instrumental solos and extended instrumental techniques (especially by the percussionists) bring instrumental color to the forefront. As the movement progresses, a chorale-like idea emerges in the brass instruments. This chorale texture engages in an antiphonal alternation with the more mysterious, percussion-influenced music before bringing this movement to a climax. After the climax, the music again turns back to its earlier, ethereal nature and dissolves into nothingness. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-02, Section: A, page: 0367. / Major Professor: Ladislav Kubik. / Thesis (D.Mus.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76860 |
| Contributors | Robbins, Malcolm Scott., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 70 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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