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Oh Ewe Mohobelo for Orchestra

Harris, Austin W.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1462532191

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2016, Master of Music (MM), Ohio University, Music Composition (Fine Arts).
Oh Ewe Mohobelo for Orchestra is an orchestral composition featuring a strong rhythmic pattern suitable for dance. Although Mohobelo is a genre of traditional African folk dance, my piece does not strive to imitate the traditional African music accompanying Mohobelo dancing. Rather, Oh Ewe Mohobelo evokes the spirit of the African dance through multiple musical techniques in the context of a Western orchestra. The opening theme’s strong rhythmic profile and tempo are the foundation for developing musical ideas in the remainder of the work. Other sections of the work borrow melodic elements from the main theme, but they also develop new material unrelated to the main motive. The material in the middle sections of the work transcend the influence of the opening motive to develop wildly and freely in the same way a traditional African dance might transport its participants to a wild and ecstatic state as the dance develops. An altered version of the main theme appears at the end of the work as the energy of the developmental sections dissipates.
Mark Phillips (Advisor)
39 p.
Music
Music; Music Composition; classical music; new music; modern music; atonal music; orchestra; mohobelo; experimental music; dance music;

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  • Harris, A. W. (2016). Oh Ewe Mohobelo for Orchestra [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1462532191

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Harris, Austin. Oh Ewe Mohobelo for Orchestra. 2016. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1462532191.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Harris, Austin. "Oh Ewe Mohobelo for Orchestra." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1462532191

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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