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Abstract: This paper presents an overview of the concepts and strategies in the original composition, The Harbour of Incense, a cycle of three movements for different groups of instruments. Each movement addresses an aspect of the musical cultures of Hong Kong. The first movement Taan Go for harp solo explores the sound world of the folk genre saltwater song; the second movement Jat1 Wun2 Sai3 Ngau4 Naam5 Min6 for flute and piano highlights the musicality of Cantonese language; the third movement Daa Zaai for oboe, clarinet in B-flat, bassoon, and percussion, is inspired by the keyi music used in the Taoist funeral. The paper discusses how to bring together Southeast Asian aesthetics and contemporary Western compositional techniques, as well as how to communicate this unique cultural experience to performers and audiences from other backgrounds. It provides the transcriptions of two saltwater songs and an excerpt of keyi music, and illustrate how they inform the structures, textures, and melodic gestures of the composition. The nine tones of Cantonese language are also explored for generating melodic materials, metric plans, and articulation writing.

Author/Creator:

Tse, Nok Kiu , author

Contributors:

May, Andrew, 1968- , major professor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

"The Harbour of Incense": An Original Composition in Three Movements [by Tse, N.K.]

Related Series:

NT thesis, Music (Complete); [volume] 2020

Subjects:

Composition (Music)

Music — China — Hong Kong

Music

China — Hong Kong

Genres:

Academic theses

Art music

Scores

Dissertation Notes:

M.A. ― University of North Texas, 2020.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references: pages 44-46.
Open access 20220901
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (UNT Digital Library, viewed August 1, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 101 pages) : illustrations, music.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

Electronic Thesis

OCLC Numbers:

1460736519