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Pernambuco

Martin, Jon-Luke Joseph
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1585496170371045

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2020, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Composition.
Pernambuco is a thirteen-minute work for string quartet consisting of two violins, viola, and cello. The work centers around the idea of "bowing as speech," where the bow is the primary expressive force. The quartet does not utilize the left hand-as in no use of the left-hand fingers on the string to change pitch-for the duration of the work. To counteract this constraint, the instruments are tuned scordatura so that all 12 pitch-classes are achieved. The tuning for violin 1, from highest to lowest, is F D A#/Bb E, violin 2 G D G#/Ab D#/Eb, viola B F#/Gb D A, and cello C G C#/Db A. This leaves most pitch-classes in a fixed register. Based on the tone row [0,e,5,6,8,t,4,3,7,9,2,1], Pernambuco uses serial techniques coupled with entirely open strings to create sounds not usually heard in a string quartet. It also relies on various extended techniques to create a diverse sonic palette having such limited pitch variance. While the piece mostly follows strict twelve-tone methods, some small sections use them only as an outline allowing intuition to guide the compositional process.
Christopher Dietz, Dr. (Advisor)
Mikel Kuehn, Dr. (Committee Member)
34 p.
Music
string quartet; scordatura; twelve-tone; serial; atonal; extended technique

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  • Martin, J.-L. J. (2020). Pernambuco [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1585496170371045

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Martin, Jon-Luke. Pernambuco. 2020. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1585496170371045.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Martin, Jon-Luke. "Pernambuco." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1585496170371045

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