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Illuminating silent voices: an African-American contribution to the percussion literature in the Western art music tradition
Description
Illuminating Silent Voices: An African-American Contribution to the Percussion Literature in the Western Art Music Tradition will discuss how Raymond Ridley's original composition, FyrStar (2009), is comparable to other pre-existing percussion works in the literature. Selected compositions for comparison included Darius Milhaud's Concerto for Marimba, Vibraphone and Orchestra, Op. 278 (1949); David Friedman's and Dave Samuels's Carousel (1985); Raymond Helble's Duo Concertante for Vibraphone and Marimba, Op. 54 (2009); Tera de Marez Oyens's Octopus: for Bass Clarinet and one Percussionist (marimba/vibraphone) (1982). In the course of this document, the author will discuss the uniqueness of FyrStar's instrumentation of nine single reed instruments--E-flat clarinet, B-flat clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, B-flat contrabass clarinet, B-flat soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and B-flat baritone saxophone, juxtaposing this unique instrumentation to the symbolic relationship between the ensemble, marimba, and vibraphone.
Date Created
2012
Contributors
- Thompson, Darrell Irwin (Author)
- Sunkett, Mark E (Thesis advisor)
- Bush, Jeffrey (Committee member)
- DeMars, James (Committee member)
- Little, Bliss (Committee member)
- Norton, Kay (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Extent
v, 49 pages : music +
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14958
Statement of Responsibility
by Darrell Irwin Thompson
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: D.M.A., Arizona State University, 2012
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Music
Contains: Ridley, Raymond, 1978- FyrStar
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- 2012-08-24 06:27:15
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- 2021-08-26 09:04:40
- 3 years ago
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