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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu11745727742021-08-03T05:28:01Z THREE MOVEMENTS FOR ELEVEN PLAYERS McCoy, Kevin Thomas Three Movements for Eleven Players is a ten-minute work that blends the timbres of saxophone quartet, brass quintet, and percussion duo. Percussion instruments include bass drum, snare drum, temple blocks, suspended cymbal, tam-tams, three tom-toms, log drum, anvil, go-go bells, and three mixing bowls. This work contains three contrasting movements that are linked by cyclic thematic elements stemming from the first movement. I experimented with the timbral combinations of these homogenous ensembles through techniques such as doublings, exploring the ranges of each instrument, and pitch bends. The first thematic element consists of three pitch-classes: B, A, and G, that are used as basic material for shaping musical phrases. The second motive explores parallel pitch-space voicings along with a long-short rhythmic theme. The third motive uses a specific rhythmic passage occurring in a snare drum solo during the first movement as generative material for many aspects of the work’s textural and rhythmic language. The first movement introduces and develops the three motives in sequence, beginning softly with a simple statement of each theme. The first variations are similar to the original statements. The second movement begins with a more elaborate version of the B-A-G theme that expands instrumentally. Syncopated rhythms involving septuplets, quintuplets and triplets make the overall musical texture more complex, and additional musical activity occupies the space between individual focal points of the B-A-G motive. The final section returns to a style similar to that of the movement’s opening. The last movement expands and develops ideas presented in the first movement, beginning with the percussion elaborating upon the third motive’s rhythm. While the percussion repeats this motive, the texture slowly builds by introducing instruments one-by-one. To create a sense of return to the opening ideas of the piece, I conclude the third movement with a chorale similar to the opening texture of movement one. A small coda finalizes the entire work. 2007-03-27 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174572774 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1174572774 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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