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Selective American perspectives on issues of Twenty-First-Century musical progress

Bortz, Yuri
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110210137

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2005, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
To define musical progress is an arbitrary matter. However, this has not prevented attempts to discuss it in the past. Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and George Dyson were only three figures from the previous century who offered discourse on this subject. The concern for its definition, various manifestations, and value in our twenty-first century will be the central topic of investigation through eight interviews with American composers. The selected composers for interview in this document are Stefania de Kenessey, Mathew Fuerst, Eric Ewazen, Julia Wolfe, Francis Thorne, Michael Torke, Milton Babbitt, and Richard Danielpour. In this order, they were all interviewed during a four-day period between Monday, September 13th and Thursday, September 16th, 2004. For seven of the eight composers who reside in New York City, their interviews were conducted at various locations in the Borough of Manhattan. Milton Babbitt, however, was met in New York two days prior to his interview, and it was then decided to arrange his discussion via the telephone on September 15th from his domicile in Princeton, New Jersey. Many composers today could bring forth stimulating and authoritative insights in regard to this topic. Yet, these eight choices help achieve two objectives. The first is to hear American viewpoints on musical progress from a stylistically diverse group which spans several generations. The second is to emphasize the views of nationally recognized composers born after 1950. Prior to the interviews will be a “Preface” and an introductory chapter. The Preface will discuss the reasons for choosing our topic, preview a list of eight questions to be asked by the author, and explain the reasons behind their development. Next will be the Introduction, which will clarify the perspectives of the author on the main topic. Eight interviews will then be presented. Rather than following the chronology of the interviews, they will be presented according to the birthdates of the composers. Therefore, we will begin with Mathew Fuerst and end with Milton Babbitt. After the interviews, there will be a three-part concluding chapter that will consider the interviewees’ individual and overall responses.
Jan Radzynski (Advisor)
129 p.
Music
Music; composers; MUSICAL PROGRESS; YB; don; Torke

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  • Bortz, Y. (2005). Selective American perspectives on issues of Twenty-First-Century musical progress [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110210137

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  • Bortz, Yuri. Selective American perspectives on issues of Twenty-First-Century musical progress. 2005. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110210137.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bortz, Yuri. "Selective American perspectives on issues of Twenty-First-Century musical progress." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110210137

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