VISION OF EQUINOX FOR ORCHESTRA

dc.contributor.advisorGibson, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorChiba, Maikoen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-02-04T07:13:29Z
dc.date.available2006-02-04T07:13:29Z
dc.date.issued2005-12-01en_US
dc.description.abstractThe artistic play of light seen on a pyramid in some Mayan ruins located in Cancun, Mexico provided the inspiration for Vision of Equinox. On both the spring and autumn equinox days, the sunlight projected on the pyramid forms a shape which looks like a serpent moving on the stairway of the pyramid. Vision of Equinox was composed with an image of light as the model for the artistic transfiguration of sound. The light image of sound changes its shape in each stage of the piece, using the orchestra in different ways - sometimes like a chamber ensemble, sometimes like one big instrument. The image of light casting on a pyramid is expressed by descending melodic lines that can be heard several times in the piece. At the final climax of the work, a complete and embodied artistic figure is formed and stated, expressing the appearance of the Mayan god Quetzalcoatl, the serpent, in my own imagination. The light and shadow which comprise this pyramid art are treated as two contrasting elements in my composition and become the two main motives in this piece. To express these two contrasting elements, I picked the numbers "5" and "2," and used them as "key numbers" in this piece. As a result, the intervals of a fifth and a second (sometimes inverted as a seventh) are the two main intervals used in the structure. The interval of a fifth was taken into account for the construction of the pyramid, which has five points of contact. The interval of a second was selected as a contrasting sonority to the fifth. Further, the numbers "5" and "2" are used as the number of notes which form the main motives in this piece; quintuplets are used throughout this piece, and the short motive made by two sixteenth notes is used as one of the main motives in this piece. Moreover, the shape of the pyramid provided a concept of symmetry, which is expressed by the setting of a central point of the music (pitch center) as well as the use of retrograde and inversion in this piece.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3150
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledintervalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollednumberen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpyramiden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlighten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsymmetryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpitch centeren_US
dc.titleVISION OF EQUINOX FOR ORCHESTRAen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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