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Pascal Dusapin’s Musical Language and Influences Reflecting on Quad for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1996)

Jang, Daehoon

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Title
Pascal Dusapin’s Musical Language and Influences Reflecting on Quad for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1996)
Author(s)
Jang, Daehoon
Issue Date
2016
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Professor Stephen Taylor
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Associate Professor Reynold Tharp
Committee Member(s)
  • Professor Sever Tipei
  • Professor Gabriel Solis
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)
  • Pascal
  • Dusapin
  • music
  • quad
  • violin
  • chamber
  • orchestra
Language
en
Abstract
This project examines Pascal Dusapin’s musical essence through his stylistic periods. The composer’s early music (late 1970s to 80s) is characterized by microtonality; an intermediate period (1988-90) presents a transformation into restrained pitch material; the second period (1990s) combines these two techniques with archaic modality. Lastly, the third period (from 2000 to the present) combines musical features from second period with a more lyrical and chromatic character. This essay discusses musical expression, pitch, instrumental techniques, and the influence of Samuel Beckett’s visual work Quad I and II on the composer’s concerto for violin and chamber orchestra, Quad (composed 1996).
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