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400 Miles to Home for Orchestra and Fixed Media

Sebastian, Tyler Wayne
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6490-7299
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1650570149935274

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2022, Master of Music (MM), Ohio University, Music Composition (Fine Arts).
400 Miles to Home is a first-person narrative of a long distance trip. The orchestra blends with the electronics and often takes over the sounds presented in the fixed media to create a surreal atmosphere where the audience sometimes cannot depict the source of the sound. Fixating on the sound of the road and the rain bores the driver enough to fall from reality into a day-dreaming state. Throughout the trip, the driver is abruptly brought back to focus from a passing car. Jerking the steering wheel is another jarring motion that sparks memories of the driver. The fast paced and inconsistent drum in this section resembles the driver’s pounding heart. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is used to establish the first musical conversation between the fixed media and orchestra. The fixed media is recorded directly from an antique radio to replicate the radio in a car from roughly the 1960s or 1970s. Recording from an antique radio sets the distant road setting with minimal radio signal. I choose to use The Sorcerer’s Apprentice because it is a recognizable melody to most people that has many high energy moments that can easily contrast the psychological day-dreaming of the driver. The primary melody of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is fragmented and used to foreshadow new sections, and develop new material. The melody is also contorted in many ways throughout 400 Miles to Home to mend the musical, atmospheric, and psychological elements together.
Robert McClure (Advisor)
48 p.
Music
400 Miles; Tyler Sebastian; Composition; Orchestra; Orchestra and Fixed Media

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  • Sebastian, T. W. (2022). 400 Miles to Home for Orchestra and Fixed Media [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1650570149935274

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sebastian, Tyler. 400 Miles to Home for Orchestra and Fixed Media. 2022. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1650570149935274.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sebastian, Tyler. "400 Miles to Home for Orchestra and Fixed Media." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1650570149935274

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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