Jimenez, Ivan
(2007)
TEXTURAL DEPTH, STRUCTURAL DEPTH, EXPRESSIVE DEPTH:LADDERS FROM LINE TO SONORITYIN ARVO PÄRT AND HENRYK MIKO£AJ GÓRECKI.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The intense emotional response that Arvo Pärt's Cantus and the canon from Henryk Miko³aj Górecki'sSymphony No. 3, The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs generate in many listeners raises analyticalquestions. A preliminary hypothesis is that the intense and durable emotional response evoked by theworks was a result of their complexity. A detailed analysis of these two canons demonstrates suchcomplexity. This complexity is clear, coherent, and hierarchical, and in each case is the result of a verysimple compositional procedure. In both pieces complexity is constituted by an intricate web of processesthat is described in this paper as structural depth. The kind of structural depth found in these pieces isanalogous yet significantly different from the kind of structural depth that Schenkerian analysis uncovers.Intelligibility of processes, onset asynchrony of prominent events, and independence of processes areproposed as important criteria for the identification of this type of structural depth. The systematicestablishment of criteria and methodology for the identification and analysis of structural depth in thisdissertation leaves the door open for its application in the analysis of other pieces. In addition, this papermakes extensively use of metaphors such as that of a stepladder to facilitate the conceptual understandingof the similarities, differences, and interaction among the different processes. This analysis also identifiesparticular potentials of pandiatonicism that these canons takes advantage of such as the use of triadicsonorities in a modal environment, the role played by ascending fifth root motion, and the subtle andgradual transformation of harmonic patterns.Fulfilling the composition requirements of the Ph.D degree in Composition and Theory, 'Burning the Deep Red Sea', an original composition for chamber ensemble follows the essay.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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Unpublished |
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| Date: |
21 June 2007 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
18 April 2007 |
| Approval Date: |
21 June 2007 |
| Submission Date: |
26 April 2007 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Music |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
arch of tension; convergence of processes; harmonic clarity; harmonic rhyme; intelligibility; melodic rhyme; mensuration canon; metaphor; minimalism; music perception; music theory; musical stepladder; new simplicity; note-onset synchrony; pandiatonicism; phrase-onset synchrony; process music; simultaneity of processes; stacked canon; structural complexity; tension contour; voice crossing |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04262007-020508/, etd-04262007-020508 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:42 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:42 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7658 |
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