Bibliography 2: #BIB36895

Key	BIB36895
Reference type	Thesis
Title	Beauty, Love and Justice : For Orchestra
Author	Sabet Sarvestani, Parisa
Year	2019
Place published	Toronto
Abstract	"Beauty, love and Justice" is a five-movement orchestral composition approximately 16 minutes long. The orchestra consists of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombone, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, percussion (4 players), 1 harp, 1 piano and strings. It is developed based on the basic musical elements that I found common among all cultures such as repetition of simple rhythmic pattern, harmonic series and natural sound effects such as breathing, humming, whispering, talking and air sounds. In addition, I explored various ways of incorporating unusual timbral effects and extended techniques to create an intriguing sonic environment. My ultimate goal was to create complexity by fusing simpler musical elements. The first movement begins with successive crescendos over repetition of simple rhythmic patterns; harmonic language derived from a harmonic series on "C". As the grand opening leads into a calmer section, air sounds in combination with whispering percussive syllables "ta ka ta ka ta ka" express a longing to speak up. These sounds gradually become louder and thicker until the movement ends with shouting. The second movement starts mysteriously; the string section plays excerpts from a 'fandom' melodic line which is never presented in its entirety. In the meantime, a complex rhythmic pattern gradually reveals from the percussions section that leads to the ending that is similar to the first movement. The third movement is slow led by pitched percussion instruments while wind and brass sections play secondary roles. The fourth movement starts with percussion and winds on identical melodic material with that ending the third movement, but in a faster tempo. As it comes to the end, the same melodic materials is heard once again, faster this time, and builds up to a grand conclusion. Similar to the previous movements, the fifth movement starts exactly the same way as the first movement. However as the grand opening leads into the calm section, a well-known chant in the Baha'i tradition is leaping from one instrument to the next while the rest of the orchestra plays the original musical materials introduced in the first movement.
Notes	Duration: 16 minutes. Score in C. Bahá'í Faith: pp. iii & 5th movement.
Language	English
Keywords	MUSIC; COMPOSITION
URL	https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/95991/1/Sabet_Sarvestani_Parisa_201906_DMA_thesis.pdf;;;http://hdl.handle.net/1807/95991;;;Biblioth*eque et Archives Canada / Library and Archives Canada http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=damspub&id=0cef7976-0628-4243-a2ae-7e57efe94427
Number of pages	vii, 69
Thesis type	Doctorate
Academic department	Faculty of Music
University	University of toronto
Degree	D.M.A.
Accession number	ocn1334503541
File attachments	internal-pdf://1345894943/Sabet_Sarvestani (2019).pdf

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