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Musical Idiom and cultural expression: harmony, timbre, and gesture in Qigang Chen's Wu Xing
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Yang, Ruihan. Musical Idiom and cultural expression: harmony, timbre, and gesture in Qigang Chen's Wu Xing. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-h1q6-5z73

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TitleMusical Idiom and cultural expression: harmony, timbre, and gesture in Qigang Chen's Wu Xing
NameYang, Ruihan (author); Rao, Nancy Yunhwa (chair); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2020
Other Date2020-05 (degree)
SubjectMusic, Chen, Qigang, 1951- -- Criticism and interpretation
Extent1 online resource (ix, 124 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionHow should a listener perceive a musical idea as an expression of a broader philosophical concepts? Musical scholarship often focuses primarily on either the historical context of a musical work or the musical concepts of the piece itself. However, it is my contention that musical scholarship can be enhanced by the convergence of both frameworks to heighten one’s understanding of a piece of music. This dissertation aims to focus on a piece of music through both philosophical and technical prisms. With Qigang Chen’s orchestra suite Wu Xing as the musical medium to support this manner of inquiry, I aim to provide listeners the technical evidence to support the philosophical meaning behind the music. This dissertation will draw upon the scholarship of both Chen’s formative experiences and musical techniques while incorporating the tenets of ancient Wuxing principles to provide a multidimensional system in which to understand the relationship between the Wuxing theory and Chen’s musical choices within the piece. I assert that there are new and creative ways of perceiving the different characters present within the music based on the concepts of the Wuxing theory. Moreover, my analysis aims to explore Chen’s harmonic, gestural and timbral techniques by exploring their associations with symbolic properties that I believe Chen adheres to throughout the piece.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-h1q6-5z73
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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