The speaking world, tarab and iPod alchemy : The Sensuous Terrain, for mixed chamber ensemble and percussion

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dc.contributor.advisorSharlat, Yevgeniyen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAntokoletz, Elliotten
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPinkston, Russellen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGrantham, Donalden
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPerzynski, Bogdanen
dc.creatorStamps, Jack W.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-06T18:39:51Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:28:18Z
dc.date.available2015-10-06T18:39:51Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:28:18Z
dc.date.issued2010-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2010en
dc.date.updated2015-10-06T18:39:51Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThe Sensuous Terrain, a work for violin, clarinet, piano, cello and two percussionists is a 28-30 minute commission for the SOLI Chamber Ensemble of San Antonio. The goal of the work is a hybrid, or reconciliation, of Sufi devotional music and Western, jazz-inspired impulses and continues my interests in weaving pop idioms through a post-modernist canvas. It is also reflective of my ongoing research and exploration of the application of extended graphic design to score mechanics and construction. The work is inspired by the melodic structures, phrasing and voice-exchange concepts found in the music of the late Pakistani composer and singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The preliminary plans for the piece included the piano prepared to mimic the sounds of traditional Middle Eastern percussion instruments such as the dumbek, a tabla-like instrument. This idea quickly evolved into the incorporation of two percussionists whose parts consist of nearly all Middle Eastern instruments or their closest Western equivalents. These percussion parts, which are notated in a purely Western style and evoke many traditional Middle Eastern rhythmic modes, are symbolic of the aforementioned “reconciliation” of the Eastern and Western styles found in the piece.en
dc.description.departmentMusicen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2NS31en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/31562en
dc.subjectMiddle Easternen
dc.subjectConfluenceen
dc.subjectPost modernen
dc.subjectViolinen
dc.subjectClarineten
dc.subjectCelloen
dc.subjectPianoen
dc.subjectPercussionen
dc.subjectDavid Abramen
dc.subjectGraphic designen
dc.subjectNusrat Fateh Ali Khanen
dc.subjectZappaen
dc.subjectAlchemyen
dc.subjectTablaen
dc.subjectChamber musicen
dc.subjectMessiaenen
dc.subjectQuartet for the end of timeen
dc.titleThe speaking world, tarab and iPod alchemy : The Sensuous Terrain, for mixed chamber ensemble and percussionen
dc.typeThesisen

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