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Kaija Saariaho’s compositional techniques in select cello works

Wang, Fu-Tsun

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Title
Kaija Saariaho’s compositional techniques in select cello works
Author(s)
Wang, Fu-Tsun
Issue Date
2018
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Taylor, Stephen
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Taylor, Stephen
Committee Member(s)
  • Tharp, Reynold
  • Magee, Gayle Sherwood
  • Solya, Andrea
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Keyword(s)
  • Kaija Saariaho
  • Sept Papillons
  • Cloud Trio
  • cello
Language
en
Abstract
This paper examines Kaija Saariaho’s compositional techniques through her works written for the cello, specifically the ones written for Anssi Karttunen, since they have fostered a lifelong collaborative relationship. Each of the chapter explores Saariaho’s compositional techniques, including the use of electronics and orchestration to create spatialisation, as well as the interchangeable quality between timbre and harmony in Amers (1992), the use of the hexatonic scales, the sound/noise axis, the binary opposition, and the use of repetition and subtle variations in rhythm and melody in Sept Papillons (2000), and lastly, the use of symmetry in structure, harmony, and rhythm, as well as the transformation of identity in the materials in Cloud Trio (2009). Her eclectic influences such as the association with spectralism, the philosophies of visual artists Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee, and the prolific years of operatic writing since the 2000s have contribute to her writing in the construction of the interior material and the external form over the last twenty years.
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Copyright 2018 Fu-Tsun Wang

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