Conner, Stephanie (2011) Portfolio of Compositions. PhD thesis, University of York.
Abstract
The ten original compositions presented in this portfolio are products of practice-led research into the use of language as musical material. The different methods of incorporating aspects of language into musical forms that my research has explored are outlined in the following commentary. My particular areas of interest can be categorized as follows:
1. Communicating my interpretation of text meaning through the medium of composition, using musical devices to control 'oratory elocution' - which comprises speed of delivery, phrase-length, frequency of pauses, loudness and accentual character, posture, physical movement and facial expression etc.
2. Exploiting the potential for musical settings to convey subtextual meanings, which are inferred but not explicitly stated in texts.
3. Taking an integrated approach, in which musical and dramatic variables are compositionally controlled with equal priority and attention to detail.
4. Shaping musical and extra-musical variables in order to create specific atmospheres, or to stimulate atmospheric changes, in performance environments.
5. The deconstruction of language into its phonological components to create a palette of non-semantic, timbral materials - e.g. vowel sounds, whispers, prosodic gestures, hisses, plosive attacks etc. - for use in vocal compositions.
6. Exploring the inherent 'musicality' of grammatical and semantic structures in text and language to identify principles that may be applied to instrumental composition.
7. Analysing spectral characteristics of phonemes and creating orchestral timbres which emulate them, using both intuitive and spectrographic techniques.
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Supervisors: | Brooks, William |
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Awarding institution: | University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > School of Arts and Creative Technologies (York) |
Academic unit: | Music |
Identification Number/EthosID: | uk.bl.ethos.557249 |
Depositing User: | Miss Stephanie Conner |
Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2012 13:48 |
Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2016 13:01 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:etheses.whiterose.ac.uk:2124 |
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Dust in Space
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Engar-dug the Fool
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Estat ai en greu cossirier
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Lēoϸsong
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To the People of Conscience
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Still Sky Bells
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Other world which no-one owns...
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Time Grows Upon the Rock
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Some Ill Planet
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Laments of the Gorges
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To the People of Conscience. Performed by Juice.
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Time Grows Upon the Rock. Performed by Elizabeth Marshall, Stef Conner and Robin Bier.
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Laments of the Gorges. Performed by the University of York Chamber Orchestra. Cond. John Stringer.
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Lēoϸsong. Performed by Ensemble 10/10. Cond. Clark Rundell.
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Other world which no-one owns... Performed by The Kreutzer Quartet.
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Some Ill Planet - recording.
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Still Sky Bells. Performed by The Chinera Ensemble; cond. John Stringer
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Estat ai en greu cossirier. Performed by Bright Cecilia.
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Dust in Space 6. Performed by Gamelan Sekar Petak, the Ebor String Quartet and singers from the University of York. Directed by Stef Conner and Neil Sorrell.
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Dust in Space 5. Performed by Gamelan Sekar Petak, the Ebor String Quartet and singers from the University of York. Directed by Stef Conner and Neil Sorrell.
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Dust in Space 4. Performed by Gamelan Sekar Petak, the Ebor String Quartet and singers from the University of York. Directed by Stef Conner and Neil Sorrell.
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Dust in Space 1 - 2. Performed by Gamelan Sekar Petak, the Ebor String Quartet and singers from the University of York. Directed by Stef Conner and Neil Sorrell.
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Dust in Space 3. Performed by Gamelan Sekar Petak, the Ebor String Quartet and singers from the University of York. Directed by Stef Conner and Neil Sorrell.
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