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September music
Item Type text; Thesis-Reproduction (electronic)
Authors Pershing, Karen Ervin
Publisher The University of Arizona.
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SEPTEMBER MUSIC
by
Karen W illene E rv in
A Com position Subm itted in L ieu o f T hesis To th e F a c u lty o f the
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
In P a r t i a l F u lf i l lm e n t o f th e Requirem ents For th e Degree o f
MASTER OF MUSIC
In th e G raduate C ollege
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
1 9 7 5
STATEMENT BY COMPOSER
T his com position has been subm itted in p a r t i a l f u l f i l lm e n t o f req u irem en ts f o r an advanced degree a t The U n iv e rs ity o f A rizona and i s d e p o s ite d in th e U n iv e rs ity L ib ra ry to be made a v a i la b le to borrow ers under r u le s o f th e L ib ra ry .
The use o f b r i e f e x c e rp ts from t h i s work i s a llo w ab le w ith o u t s p e c ia l p e rm iss io n , prov ided th a t a c c u ra te acknowledgment o f source i s made. R equests f o r p e rm iss io n to use extended e x c e rp ts from o r rep ro d u ct io n o f t h i s m anuscrip t in whole o r in p a r t may be g ra n te d by th e head o f th e m ajor departm ent o r th e Dean o f th e G raduate C ollege when i n h i s judgment th e proposed use o f th e m a te r ia l i s i n th e i n t e r e s t s o f s c h o la r sh ip . In a l l o th e r in s ta n c e s , p e rm issio n must be o b ta in ed from th e comp o se r .
SIGNED*
APPROVAL BY THESIS SUPERVISOR
T his com position has been approved on th e d a te shown below*
P ro fe s s o r o f Music
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ABSTRACT......................................................................... ...... • iv
IIJSTRUKENTATION AND NOTATION.............................................. v
SEPTEMBER MUSIC
I . N octurne I ........................................ ...... 1
I I . C horale-Scherzo . . . . . . . . 10
I I I . R i s o l u t o ............................................................ 13
IV. N octurne I I . . .............................................. 21
ABSTRACT
SEPTEMBER MUSIC i s a com position f o r E^ a l t o saxophone and
trombone s o l o i s t s , accompanied by two t r i o s . The f i r s t t r i o con
s i s t s o f th re e v l o l o n c e l l i , th e second o f two p e rc u s s io n is ts and
h a rp . I t i s in fo u r movements, th e l a s t be in g a s tro n g rem in iscence
o f th e f i r s t .
M u sica lly , SEPTEMBER MUSIC i s in ten d ed to exp lo re th e v a rio u s
p o s s ib le c o lo r com binations o f th e in s tru m e n ts , always re tu rn in g
to th e b a s ic sound id e a o f a l t o saxophone, accompanied by two p e r
cu ss io n and h a rp , and trom bone, accompanied by th re e v lo lo n c e l l i .
The b a s ic u n ify in g d ev ice i s th e alm ost c o n s ta n t p resence of
a f l a t la y e r o f sound, ex em plified by th e re c o rd e r and ' c e l lo f ig u r e s
in N octurne I , th e trombone and 'c e l l o ch o ra le in C h o ra le -5 ch e rzo ,
th e r e c u r r in g F# t r i l l in th e R iso lu to and , a g a in , th e re c o rd e r
and 'c e l l o f ig u r e s i n N octurne I I ,
E m otionally , SEPTEMBER MUSIC should evoke m y ste rious n ig h t
sounds and th e "human" v o ic e s o f saxophone and trombone a g a in s t th e
r e l a t i v e l y "non-human" sounds o f ' c e l l ! , h a rp and p e rc u ss io n .
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IHSTRUHEirrATIOK, HOTATIOK AND INSTRUGIIONS
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I f th e tro m b o n ist does no t wish to w h is tle (N octurne l ) , he should p la y th e g iv en p i tc h e s on Soprano R ecorder.
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