The Warp and Weft of Fabric: A Composition for Strings
Description:
The six-movement work is scored for two violins, a viola, and a violoncello. A new approach toward the decision making of the compositional process is revealed which structures the parameters of the composition along an arbitrary frame of reference. This reference is selected prior to composition and influences every aspect of the work. The reference chosen is an existing musical work used in quotation and for stylistic modeling, paraphrase, and variation. Consonance, dissonance, and thematic d…
more
Date:
May 1999
Creator:
McBride, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
Partner:
UNT Libraries