The Howling Infinite. (Original composition);

The Howling Infinite is an orchestral work inspired by portions of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Musical motives, gestures, and timbres in the work are derived from the text's rich imagery, suggesting such pictorial elements as the vastness of the ocean and the corresponding philosophical i...

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Main Author:	Ratliff, Phillip Warren
Other Authors:	Milburn, Ellsworth
Format:	Others
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	Music
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1911/16905

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spelling	ndltd-RICE-oai-scholarship.rice.edu-1911-169052013-10-23T04:09:40ZThe Howling Infinite. (Original composition);Ratliff, Phillip WarrenMusicThe Howling Infinite is an orchestral work inspired by portions of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Musical motives, gestures, and timbres in the work are derived from the text's rich imagery, suggesting such pictorial elements as the vastness of the ocean and the corresponding philosophical idea of the human spirit's search for the eternal. The title of the work was derived from Melville's belief that a life based on the contemplative search for truth and meaning, though it takes the seeker into confrontation with perilous truths, is by far more desirable than an existence of spiritual comfort and complacency. As Melville states, "so better it is to perish in that howling infinite than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee."Milburn, Ellsworth2009-06-04T00:22:17Z2009-06-04T00:22:17Z1995ThesisText75 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1911/16905eng
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