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"Bridge to the Other Side”- Musical Signifiers of Life and Death in Ayreon’s The Human Equation

Enlow, Rebecca M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1560258556998774

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2019, Master of Music, Youngstown State University, Dana School of Music.
Arjen Lucassen created the rock opera album The Human Equation , a part of the Ayreon Universe (a series of connected concept albums), to tell the story of a man’s descent into a coma and his ascent back to life. Lucassen uses text, melody, and harmony to create a vision of this journey. This thesis focuses on “Day 2: Isolation” and “Day 20: Confrontation” due to their location as bookends of the album and their distinct tonal markers. This thesis will track the tonal markers, melodic motives, and key relationships, noting their patterns of ascent and descent and their connection to the narrative.
Jena Root, PhD (Advisor)
Paul Louth, PhD (Committee Member)
Steven Reale, PhD (Committee Member)
44 p.
Music
progressive rock; music theory; Ayreon; The Human Equation

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  • Enlow, R. M. (2019). "Bridge to the Other Side”- Musical Signifiers of Life and Death in Ayreon’s The Human Equation [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1560258556998774

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Enlow, Rebecca. "Bridge to the Other Side”- Musical Signifiers of Life and Death in Ayreon’s The Human Equation . 2019. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1560258556998774.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Enlow, Rebecca. ""Bridge to the Other Side”- Musical Signifiers of Life and Death in Ayreon’s The Human Equation ." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1560258556998774

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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