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Ran, Shulamit: Concerto da Camera II, Analysis of Pitch and Formal Structure

The thesis speculates upon the three movements of Concerto da Camera II (1987), scored for Bb clarinet, string quartet and piano) in these four aspects: 1) the formal structure, 2) the manipulation of the notes of whole-tone, octatonic, and chromatic scales in octave displacement, 3) the potential combination of subsets that present different levels of pitch transformation in melodic and harmonic structure, and 4) the usage of intervals of minor seconds, tritones, and perfect fourths or fifths which dominates the linear writing. All of these features demonstrate that the music has strong structural elements in form, motives, and sonorities, which unify the piece in an aurally coherent style as an organic whole.

This study should provide more insight into the understanding of Ran's unique compositional technique and style.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2518
Date05 1900
CreatorsLin, Sheng
ContributorsGroom-Thornton, Joan, Dworak, Paul E., 1951-, Winsor, Paul
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Lin, Sheng, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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