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EverWind: Original Composition and Analytical Essay on the Role of Inspiration and Nature in Music

Garrison Gerard, B.A.
Resource Type:
Thesis/Dissertation (Online)
Publication:
[Denton, Texas] : University of North Texas, 2019
Related Series:
NT thesis, Music (Complete); [volume] 2019
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Summary:
Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the inspiration, research, and creative process involved in the composition of EverWind for orchestra and electronics. EverWind is based on field recordings from the American Southwest. The composition uses pitch material derived from spectral analysis of the recordings, and it incorporates a fixed media element using the field recordings that are then electronically manipulated to various degrees; this fixed media element is played alongside the orchestra. The paper also analyzes John Luther Adams' Dark Waves for Orchestra and Electronics and R. Murray Schafer's Music for Wilderness Lake in order to place EverWind within the broader musical context.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I, Critical analysis. Introduction ; Literature review ; An analysis of John Luther Adams' Dark Waves ; An analysis of R. Murray Schafer's Music for Wilderness Lake ; Composition overview and process ; Conclusion ; Appendix: Location of sounds by movement: latitude and longitude
  • Part II, EverWind. Instrumentation ; Performance notes ; Program note ; Location and coordinates ; I. PERMIA ; Interlude: Helicopters ; II. Flat ; III. Widforss ; Interlude: Silence ; IV. Switchback.
Author/Creator:
Gerard, Garrison , author
Contributors:
Klein, Joseph, 1962- , major professor
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
EverWind: Original Composition and Analytical Essay on the Role of Inspiration and Nature in Music [by Gerard, G.]
Related Series:
NT thesis, Music (Complete); [volume] 2019
Subjects:
Composition (Music)
Field recordings
Electronic music
Orchestral music — Scores
Orchestral music
Genres:
Academic theses
Art music
Scores
Orchestral music
Dissertation Notes:
M.A. ― University of North Texas, 2019.
General Notes:
Discipline: Composition.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-53).
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (UNT Digital Library, viewed April 24, 2020).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 99 pages) : illustrations, music.
Digital Characteristics:
text file
Call Numbers:
Electronic Thesis
OCLC Numbers:
1269303999