Title
Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Degree
Spring 2011
Degree Name
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Degree In
Music
First Advisor
David Karl Gompper
First Committee Member
David K Gompper
Second Committee Member
Lawrence Fritts
Third Committee Member
Richard Mark Heidel
Fourth Committee Member
Jennifer Iverson
Fifth Committee Member
Charlotte Adams
Abstract
My dissertation, In Violent Silence, takes its title from E.E. Cummings' sonnet "Notice the Convulsed Orange Inch of Moon". The piece musically reflects what I have found to be two unifying strings in the poem: the contrast of large and small, and the union of opposing ideas. To portray these elements, the nucleus of the piece is a pitch set that is harmonically rich and allows me to vacillate between tonal and non-tonal ideas. I also utilize the expansion and contraction of pitch register to reflect the dichotomy of large and small. The result is eighteen minutes of music with a clear and defined structure yet is in a state of constant change.
Keywords
Anthony, Composition, Concerto, Donofrio, Music, Percussion
Pages
iv, 41 pages
Copyright
Copyright 2011 Anthony Donofrio