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Hypoxia

O'Dell, Adam David
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1490629987974442

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2017, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Composition.
Hypoxia is a seven-minute work for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns in F, three trumpets, two tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, three percussionists, and strings. It explores the combination of subconscious panic and conscious tranquility felt during near-death experiences, using neoromantic and sound mass styles to illustrate this duality. Inspired by various books, documentaries, and first-person accounts, Hypoxia juxtaposes agitated rhythms and harsh extended techniques with simple, ethereal melodies and chorales. These juxtapositions emulate the rapidly changing and highly unstable mental state of the sufferer. Hypoxia is organized in five large sections, indicated through loud, tutti staccato chords. These structural points represent synapses that drastically affect the way the brain and body reacts to trauma. The piece begins with initial shock, followed by deliriousness, panic, euphoria, and calm. While each of these sections is assigned a major motive, each motive is repeated in multiple sections of the piece, highlighting the complex yet disorderly behavior of the mind throughout a more concrete narrative of the experiencer suffering trauma, living through the experience, and regaining consciousness.
Marilyn Shrude (Advisor)
Christopher Dietz (Committee Member)
24 p.
Composition; Music; Performing Arts
orchestra; sound mass; extended techniques; near-death experiences

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  • O'Dell, A. D. (2017). Hypoxia [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1490629987974442

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • O'Dell, Adam. Hypoxia. 2017. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1490629987974442.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • O'Dell, Adam. "Hypoxia." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1490629987974442

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