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With Their Absences We Mourn

Grocholski, Nathan R
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1618338260189096

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2021, Master of Music (MM), Ohio University, Music Composition (Fine Arts).
The past year has been filled with collective grief throughout the entire world. In some way or another, the global pandemic of 2020-21 has affected each one of us in our own way. Through this piece, I illustrate the five stages of grief; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The entire piece is harmonically based on two pitches, E and G-sharp. In the denial and anger stage of this work, this is characterized by a C augmented chord. Once the music finally makes sense of this loss, each of the instruments begin to play off each other; as part of the bargaining. About two-thirds of the way into the entire composition, the piece dramatically slows down and the E and G- sharp chord returns, only this time with C-sharp to represent a minor chord. The texture is heavy to represent depression. At measure 201, the flute enters with a melody that gradually grows, symbolic of accepting the loss as the texture increases. The final phrase of this piece ends with the true acceptance of this loss, but the grief has not completely dissipated. It shrinks, but still remains. The opening section’s E and G# are retained in the final chord of the composition to show that grief remains. But they are now part of an E major triad, suggesting acceptance and moving forward.
Robert McClure, Dr. (Committee Member)
Mark Phillips, Dr. (Committee Member)
Jose Rocha, Dr. (Committee Member)
33 p.
Composition; Music
Music; Harmony; Two Pitches

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  • Grocholski, N. R. (2021). With Their Absences We Mourn [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1618338260189096

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Grocholski, Nathan. With Their Absences We Mourn. 2021. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1618338260189096.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Grocholski, Nathan. "With Their Absences We Mourn." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1618338260189096

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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