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dc.contributor.advisorMilbauer, John
dc.contributor.authorSuescun Valencia, Katherine
dc.creatorSuescun Valencia, Katherine
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-19T22:18:27Z
dc.date.available2018-06-19T22:18:27Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/628012
dc.description.abstractThe French-American composer Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985) uses the harmonic series in a unique manner to create dissonant harmonies. His method incorporates the principles of order, interaction, and interpenetration whereby the fundamental pitches and shared partials of two interrelated harmonic series are made explicit. He uses both the ascending and the descending versions of the harmonic series as a unifying factor that substantiates his metaphysical conception of the harmonic series and his notion of the piano as a collection of gongs capable of powerful resonance. Rudhyar’s mature piece, Transmutation: Tone-Sequence in Seven Movements for the Piano (1976) exhibits the use of such interpenetrated harmonies particularly in Movements 3, 6, and 7. The scrutiny and analysis of these movements in this document reveal compelling implementations of interpenetrated dissonant harmonies as generators of the melodic and harmonic framework, gong-like textures, climaxes, and endings.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectAscending Harmonic Seriesen_US
dc.subjectCompositional deviceen_US
dc.subjectDane Rudhyaren_US
dc.subjectDescending Harmonic Seriesen_US
dc.subjectDissonant Harmoniesen_US
dc.subjectTransmutationen_US
dc.titleDane Rudhyar's Transmutation of 1976: Transformative Use of the Descending and Ascending Harmonic Series as a Compositional Deviceen_US
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dc.typeElectronic Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberZdechlik, Lisa
dc.contributor.committeememberGibson, Tannis
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicen_US
thesis.degree.nameD.M.A.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-19T22:18:28Z


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