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Turning points Turning points for wind quintet and accordion Hatch, Peter Donald
Abstract
The title of the work refers to its frequent changes in style and mood around various points. The rhythmic 'shot' chord which opens the work serves a colotomic function throughout, 'announcing' transitions to new material. A second transitional figure, consisting of a simple trill, functions in a similar way. Thus the work 'turns' throughout the piece to a change, often a striking change. There is also a gradual 'turning' throughout the piece from the dissonant, complex opening to the more consonant, rhythmically simple ending. Formally the work exhibits an arch-like structure, with shorter sections towards the beginning and end, longer sections towards the middle. These sections are based on units of 45" multiplied by 1, 2, 3, 5 or 8 (these numbers taken from the Fibbonnacci series) so that the longest (middle) section is 6'00" (8 x 45") long. Many of these divisions are further divided. Pitch material is almost entirely derived from the 'octatonic' scale, which is occasionally in its scalar form, but most commonly as aggregates from which pitches are chosen freely. There are a variety of chord structures employed, which range from full eight note aggregates to chords found in functional harmony, especially the 'dominant seventh' sonority. Rhythmically much of the work is concerned with juxtaposing sections which obscure any sense of pulse with sections in which a pulse is obvious. The element of texture is one of the work's most important aspects. The traditional, contrapuntal approach to wind quintet writing was abandoned in favour of a homogenous treatment. The use of the accordion to blend the colours of the other instruments is an important aspect of the piece.
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Turning points Turning points for wind quintet and accordion
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University of British Columbia
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1986
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| Description |
The title of the work refers to its frequent changes in style and mood around various points. The rhythmic 'shot' chord which opens the work serves a colotomic function throughout, 'announcing' transitions to new material. A second transitional figure, consisting of a simple trill, functions in a similar way. Thus the work 'turns' throughout the piece to a change, often a striking change. There is also a gradual 'turning' throughout the piece from the dissonant, complex opening to the more consonant, rhythmically simple ending.
Formally the work exhibits an arch-like structure, with shorter sections towards the beginning and end, longer sections towards the middle. These sections are based on units of 45" multiplied by 1, 2, 3, 5 or 8 (these numbers taken from the Fibbonnacci series) so that the longest (middle) section is 6'00" (8 x 45") long. Many of these divisions are further divided.
Pitch material is almost entirely derived from the 'octatonic' scale, which is occasionally in its scalar form, but most commonly as aggregates from which pitches are chosen freely. There are a variety of chord structures employed, which range from full eight note aggregates to chords found in functional harmony, especially the 'dominant seventh' sonority. Rhythmically much of the work is concerned with juxtaposing sections which obscure any sense of pulse with sections in which a pulse is obvious.
The element of texture is one of the work's most important aspects. The traditional, contrapuntal approach to wind quintet writing was abandoned in favour of a homogenous treatment. The use of the accordion to blend the colours of the other instruments is an important aspect of the piece.
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eng
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2010-08-09
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0097343
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University of British Columbia
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Graduate
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