Developmental devices used to create coherence and unity in multi-movement suites in a modern jazz orchestra setting : an exegesis submitted to Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Musical Arts in Composition, New Zealand School of Music

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Developmental devices used to create coherence and unity in multi-movement suites in a modern jazz orchestra setting : an exegesis submitted to Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Musical Arts in Composition, New Zealand School of Music

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Solipsis is a six-movement composition for a seventeen-piece jazz orchestra. Each movement was composed to possess its own unique qualities and be able to stand alone. Yet one of the main objectives of this project was to create unity and coherence through the entire suite through the use of non-musical ideas like programmatic themes and conceptual ideas as well as applying various musical techniques such as melodic motifs, harmonic progressions and concepts, chord voicings and rhythm to deve...

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Masters

Date created

2013

Creator

Brake, Ryan

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/4992

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Jazz / Composition / technique / Criticism and interpretation / Scores / Suites (Orchestra) / Music

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