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

Brake, Ryan

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

dc.contributor.author	Brake, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-06T22:23:34Z
dc.date.available	2014-01-06T22:23:34Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	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 develop musical ideas. As a way of creating a sense of unity between each of the pieces, each movement is inspired by themes and motifs inherent in the film Synecdoche, New York, and musical concepts such as nonfunctional harmony (modal harmony and atonal harmony) form the basis for much of the melodic and harmonic material contained in Solipsis. As preparation for the composition of Soilipsis I studied two three-movement suites from two of the more prominent jazz orchestra writers working today; One Question, Three Answers written by Jim McNeely, and Scenes from Childhood by Maria Schnieder. What follows is a detailed analysis of their works followed by a comprehensive breakdown of my own Solipsis.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10179/4992
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Massey University	en_US
dc.rights	The Author	en_US
dc.subject	Jazz	en
dc.subject	Composition	en
dc.subject	technique	en
dc.subject	Criticism and interpretation	en
dc.subject	Scores	en
dc.subject	Suites (Orchestra)	en
dc.subject	Music	en
dc.title	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	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
massey.contributor.author	Brake, Ryan	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Composition	en
thesis.degree.grantor	New Zealand School of Music	en
thesis.degree.level	Masters	en
thesis.degree.name	Master of Musical Arts (M.M.A.)	en