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Black box [1]

Longo-Capobianco, Samuel John
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1585583128274337

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2020, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Composition.
black box [1] is an approximately seven-minute, single-movement work for full orchestra. This piece is not programmatic; rather, the piece’s structure is determined by its content. black box [1] is cast in two large sections. In the first section, instruments are separated into three broad registral areas (high, mid, and low). Each group plays a discrete thematic idea. The piece begins with each theme stated in turn and they develop as the section progresses. As the themes develop, they begin interrupting one another. These interruptions become more frequent as the section progresses, and at the section’s climax, all three themes play simultaneously. A percussion solo immediately follows the climax and leads to the piece’s second section. Similar to the first section, the second section features three different melodic ideas. After these are introduced, they develop into three different phrases using pitches from each theme put into randomized orders. Each phrase differs in length so that they do not coincide with each other in the same way for each iteration. These phrases repeat until the piece’s end. The piece’s first section is cast in Lydian mode and the harmony modulates twice. The piece’s second section is cast in a minor key. Each melodic theme in the second section utilizes a different subset from a minor scale and the key also modulates two times in this section. The final part of the second section (with repeated phrases) sounds pandiatonic because the limited pitch material and the randomized combination of pitches do not create a sense of hierarchy or utilize functional harmony. Rhythm plays an important role in black box [1]. The piece is mostly notated in common time so it can be easily read, with other meters used occasionally in order to begin new phrases on a downbeat. The first section has an upbeat tempo and features frequent rhythmic syncopation. The second section unfolds at a slower tempo (a 33.3% decrease from the first section). This section feels much more rhythmically “floating” than the preceding section.
Elainie Lillios, DMA (Advisor)
Mikel Kuehn, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
26 p.
Music
music composition; orchestra; Samuel Longo-Capobianco; black box 1

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  • Longo-Capobianco, S. J. (2020). Black box [1] [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1585583128274337

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Longo-Capobianco, Samuel. Black box [1]. 2020. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1585583128274337.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Longo-Capobianco, Samuel. "Black box [1]." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1585583128274337

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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