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2011, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Composition.
The inspiration for the … After … is taken from the short story collection After the Quake, by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The stories were written in response to Japan's 1995 Kobe earthquake, and each story is affected peripherally by the disaster. Translator Jay Rubin says of the collection, "The central characters in After the Quake live far from the physical devastation, which they witness only on TV or in the papers, but for each of them the massive destruction unleashed by the earth itself becomes a turning point in their lives. They are forced to confront an emptiness they have borne inside them for years."   Murakami’s work made me consider the concept of life and death and the purpose of our life. The rapid swings of a seismograph’s ink pen reflect a mysterious shaking force that rocks the earth with uncertain changes. I want to commemorate the children who passed away during the earthquakes that happened in many places recently.
Joel Hoffman, DMA (Committee Chair)
Douglas Knehans, DMA (Committee Member)
Mike Fiday, PhD (Committee Member)
21 p.

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  • Xie, W. (2011). ... After .. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1308312624

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  • Xie, Wenhui. ... After .. 2011. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1308312624.

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  • Xie, Wenhui. "... After .." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1308312624

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