Friday, June 10, 2016

Compositional Methods (not just theory) For Serialism Pertaining To Rhythmic Cells

Maderna subjects the twelve-tone series to a process of order permutation, using a technique he developed

Brien Southward, Composer and Linguist posed an interesting question the other day I have previously encountered with composition students and I wanted to share several resources which I have found most helpful.

"Clause Z.3 : Duralumin Bushido" Bil Smith Composer for String Quartet

"Clause Z.3 : Duralumin Bushido" Bil Smith Composer

His question...

Bibliography request of my music friends: do you know of any books/articles specifically about compositional methods (not just theory) for serialism, especially pertaining to rhythmic cells or percussion?

Accent and Grouping Structures…Bartok”
http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2820/m2/1/high_res_d/Dissertation.pdf

“Rotational Strategy”
http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11082011-115900/unrestricted/Keller.Dissertation.Final.pdf

“A study of twelve-tone technique in selected pieces: Hans Joachim Koellreutter and César Guerra-Peixe.”
http://www.adrianogado.com.br/pesquisa/dissertation.pdf

A Theory of Pitch-Class-Set Extension in Atonal Music Written by Miguel A. Roig-Francoli

“Solemn Play” by Harrison
http://www.umich.edu/~musausa/Miller-HarrisonIntro.pdf

“the influence of luigi dallapiccola on bruno maderna’s early serialism by sebastiano bisciglia”
http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id=0&dvs=1413927315863%7E8

Liner Notes from Percussionique
http://www.chandos.net/pdf/TR%201122.pdf

.. correlation between the string slide formations in musical pitch and the architecture of the Philips Pavilion, originating in Xenakis' composition and ..

Defining a Style: The Role of Rhythm in Motivic and Formal
Cohesion in the Music of György Ligeti
http://matthewdpollock.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/ligeti-thesis-pdf.pdf