Title
Date of Degree
2010
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Department
Music
First Advisor
David K. Gompper
Abstract
In my work I am often drawn to relatively simple systems that unfold before the listener. In Erosion, there are several of these processes which unfold simultaneously. The piece begins with a pitch cluster that gradually spreads into total chromatic saturation (about half-way through the piece) before shrinking back into clusters. As this is happening there is, on a macro level, a gradual speeding of events throughout the entire duration of the work. The interactions between this linear progression in the time domain and the (relatively) cyclical progression in the frequency domain form the main dialogue of the work.
Pages
iv, 61
Copyright
Copyright 2010 Matthew Dotson
Recommended Citation
Dotson, Matthew. "Erosion." dissertation, University of Iowa, 2010.
http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/490.