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A study of film music by Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt

Li, Yuting

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Title
A study of film music by Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt
Author(s)
Li, Yuting
Issue Date
2018
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Magee, Gayle Sherwood
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Hobson, Ian
Committee Member(s)
  • Tsitsaros, Christos
  • Lund, Erik
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)
  • Philip Glass
  • Arvo Pärt
  • Film music
  • Minimalism
  • Gerry
  • The Hours
  • Spiegel im Spiegel
  • Holy minimalism
Language
en
Abstract
This research paper focuses on two minimalist-influenced composers’ film music: Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) and Für Alina (1976), both used in the movie Gerry (2002), and Philip Glass’s music for the movie The Hours (2002). Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass are considered two of the most influential composers active today. My research explores the use of minimalist-influenced music in those two movie scores through musical and visual analyses. Furthermore this thesis discusses piano performance issues. Chapter I is an introduction containing brief biographies of the two composers and their relationship with film music. Chapter II discusses Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel and Für Alina and their usage in the film Gerry, and provides performance suggestions. Chapter III provides analysis and performance suggestions for Philip Glass’s film music for The Hours and the soundtrack’s function in the film. Chapter IV provides a conclusion. In my project recital, I will perform Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel in a version for violin and piano, his Für Alina for piano, and selections from Philip Glass’s soundtrack for The Hours in an arrangement for solo piano by Michael Riesman and Nico Mühly.
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Copyright 2018 Yuting Li

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