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So it Shall End

Stacki, Hayden
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1648116467187065

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2022, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Composition.
So it Shall End is a ten-minute piece for clarinet (Bb and bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, and fixed media. The piece is split into two main sections: “As it Began”, and “So it Shall End”. The first section is about four minutes in duration and establishes the main themes of the piece. The second section, approximately six minutes long, presents new material while also developing the work’s broader themes. Programmatically, the piece is centered around Relativity–how the past, present, and future are all equally inevitable. To serve this narrative, the ensemble carries out three interchangeable roles – as impacts, drones/swells, and as flowing strands of time. The first section is primarily comprised of drones and strands, representing time in its most stable form. In the second section, impacts serve as disruptions to this as the strands grow ever more unwieldy – fraying apart as a result of the expansion of time itself. Though this depiction of time and reality unraveling progresses throughout the entire piece, each section utilizes a different approach. In the first section, melodic lines are more gestural and asynchronous. Pitch language is generally consonant. In contrast, the pitch language in the second section becomes more dissonant. This is achieved both through the reharmonization of thematic figures and the inclusion of polytonal textures. Additionally, the approach to rhythm in the second section is more prescribed, with hybrid rhythms and repeating ostinatos employing polymeter, polyrhythm, and asymmetrical meters. Contrary to the first section of the piece, these “rhythmic dissonances” are an ingrained part of the motivic material. The electronics are meant to immerse the listener in the massive expanse of time and to portray the scope of its destruction. This expansive sound world is constructed using a variety of ethereal sounds. Reverb and panning are used frequently as a way to make the listener feel enveloped. The electronics also represent the literal fractures in the stability of time. These fractures are represented mainly by electricity and static sounds and are enhanced by metallic clangs and distorted screeches at the piece’s climax.
Elainie Lillios (Committee Member)
Christopher Dietz (Advisor)
70 p.
Composition; Music
contemporary music; electroacoustic music

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  • Stacki, H. (2022). So it Shall End [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1648116467187065

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stacki, Hayden. So it Shall End. 2022. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1648116467187065.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stacki, Hayden. "So it Shall End." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1648116467187065

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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