This dissertation includes the score and companion essay to the musical work, Untitled (March). In the composition, I endeavor to create a listening situation offering a mutually negotiated environment of quietude that challenges a listener's preconceptions of intentionality and perception by blurring the boundaries between instrumental performance, field recordings, and the surrounding sonic environment. To provide context for the creation of Untitled (March), I begin my essay by examining my previous work, Untitled (Vosges), and how it influenced my current compositional practice. I also reference the music and writing of others, namely Stefan Thut, Radu Malfatti, and Taku Sugimoto, to elucidate my own compositional practice and place my work within a broader aesthetic discourse. Finally, as Untitled (March) is part of an ongoing series of works, I briefly discuss guiding principles for future compositions that will deal with similar concepts presented in this dissertation.

Creator

• Maxbauer, Andrew

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/n2-ate9-hk15

Subject

• Musical composition

Language

• en

Alternate Identifier

• etdadmin_upload_987071
• http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16612

Date created

• 2023-01-01

Resource type

• Dissertation

Rights statement

• In Copyright