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Title

  • Main Title A Study on Hybrid Style and Orchestration in Bright Sheng’s Postcards

Creator

  • Author: Lee, Hsuan-Yu
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Itkin, David
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Dubois, Susan
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Couturiaux, Clay
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Schwarz, David, 1952-
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 2015-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Bright Sheng (b. 1955) has won international acclaim for successfully fusing disparate musical elements in his works. Listeners can trace Chinese pentatonic scales and instrumental effects mixed with Western classical structures. Postcards (1997) is a well-received orchestral work that successfully merges diverse musical styles and compositional techniques. Sheng based Postcards on material from his Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990). He applies masterful and distinctive orchestration to transform the chamber work into a multi-layered and colorful orchestral canvas. He fuses polyrhythm and post-tonal compositional techniques such as polytonality with Chinese musical elements, including folk song quotations, pentatonic scales and extended instrumental effects. The resulting hybrid is an outstanding artistic work that warrants further discussion and analysis for deeper understanding This study provides an overview of Sheng’s life experience and educational background in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 and 3 present a detailed analysis of the important compositional attributes and orchestration techniques Sheng applies in Postcards. Chapter 4 provides important performance considerations for conductors to enhance preparation. With an understanding of Sheng’s hybrid style, it is hoped that conductors will have a better interpretative grasp to lead an informed performance and scholars will have a better context for Sheng’s orchestral compositions.

Subject

  • Keyword: Hybrid style
  • Keyword: orchestration
  • Keyword: Bright Sheng

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Lee, Hsuan-Yu
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc804979

Degree

  • Academic Department: Department of Conducting and Ensembles
  • Degree Discipline: Performance
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Name: Doctor of Musical Arts
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas
  • Degree Publication Type: disse

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