RSS 1.0Music (Theses and Dissertations)
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Dylan in cinema
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Music, 2014)[Exerpt from the final paragraph of the summary, page vi] In broad terms, the thesis shows Dylan as highly attuned to the language and construction of film as a means of structuring songs and composing lyrics. Also ... -
Debussy's forms of deception : toward a theory of implication, attraction, and tension in the Préludes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Music, 2011)This thesis examines the role of process in Debussy’s music through analyses of melodic implication, rhythmic projection, and harmonic attraction in the Preludes. It traces the evolution of analytical methodologies that ... -
Compositional technique in Henry Purcell's consort music
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Music, 2011)The research question: Most of the empirical evidence regarding Purcell's compositional process has not survived. The present study will seek to extract, using internal evidence in the music itself, information regarding ... -
An algorithmic approach to the generation of non-developing musical structures
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Music, 2011)It has been the goal of the author to develop an individual style of musical composition that reflects the personal tastes and convictions of the composer while maintaining relevance to contemporary, recent historical, and ... -
Communication and control : issues and aesthetics associated with writing for graphic and traditional notation and the influences of both notational systems on the compositional process
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Music, 2011)This dissertation investigates such processes along and addresses the separate methodologies involved in the composition of music using graphical or traditional notation. The impact of either notational system upon ...
