dc.contributor.advisor | Rigaki, Evangelia | en |
dc.contributor.author | Fung, Kai Chung | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-10T15:25:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-10T15:25:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2021 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Fung, Kai Chung, Composing the Uncertainty: Exploring Different Possibilities of Indeterminacy in Composition, Trinity College Dublin.School of Creative Arts, 2021 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/96804 | |
dc.description | APPROVED | en |
dc.description.abstract | This PhD project Composing the Uncertainty comprised of a portfolio of seven compositions - To Define is to Limit, The Ecstasy of Liberation, Oblivion, Caprice of the Cosmos, String Quartet Part 1, Defining Chaos, and Detour - with the duration of around 80-100 minutes accompanied by commentary. This project aims to 1) explore different possibilities of indeterminacy and uncertainty in music composition, 2) seek a balance between notated and open elements in the score and performance, and 3) develop new notations to encourage improvisation and co-creation from the performers.
The written commentary presents the rationale and motivation behind the pursuit of openness in the composition; explains the compositional philosophies including an in-depth discussion of improvisation, indeterminacy, and notations; then describes with references and notation examples on how indeterminacy is being explored and controlled in this portfolio. This analysis consists of four aspects: 1) indeterminate pitch leaving the pitch open but limiting the range, adding interactive direction and interval, and experimenting with physicality; 2) open form manipulating page sequences and using musical fragments, numbered events, and non-linear movement to offer a pathway for chances and choices; 3) time various ways of using bar-lines to allow and control spontaneity in tempo; and 4) image - the implementation of indeterminate and external images into the score. Lastly, the commentary finishes with a description and reflection of the performances of two of the compositions. | en |
dc.publisher | Trinity College Dublin. School of Creative Arts. Discipline of Music | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | improvisation | en |
dc.subject | open form | en |
dc.subject | indeterminacy | en |
dc.subject | aleatory | en |
dc.subject | indeterminacy | en |
dc.subject | contemporary music composition | en |
dc.title | Composing the Uncertainty: Exploring Different Possibilities of Indeterminacy in Composition | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.type.supercollection | thesis_dissertations | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | https://tcdlocalportal.tcd.ie/pls/EnterApex/f?p=800:71:0::::P71_USERNAME:FUNGK | en |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 232574 | en |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |