Transient Tangents
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The University of Arizona.Rights
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Transient Tangents for an orchestra, is the original musical composition in one continuous movement of approximately eighteen minutes in length featuring a standard symphonic orchestra with forces of 3333, 4331, timpani, 3 percussions, harp, piano, strings. A composition draws on and connects to the cornucopian legacy of symphonic music of the past, but without projecting a three-movement structure or utilizing a sonata form. Instead, it is a continuous variation, but not on a theme but set of generated harmonies — interspersed with various metro-rhythmic departures — and taking of building vertical structure from small melodic cells as its general subject.Type
textElectronic Dissertation
Degree Name
D.M.A.Degree Level
doctoralDegree Program
Graduate CollegeMusic