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Constraint and creative decision making in the composition of concert works, film and video-game soundtracks (2019)
Thesis
Marshall, G. A. (2019). Constraint and creative decision making in the composition of concert works, film and video-game soundtracks. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222714

This PhD research investigates the types, implications and origins of constraint within the contexts of various music composition projects. It then presents the practical value of this deeper understanding as a contemporary music composer. To expl... Read More about Constraint and creative decision making in the composition of concert works, film and video-game soundtracks.

The role of engagement and visual imagery in music listening (2019)
Thesis
Presicce, G. (2019). The role of engagement and visual imagery in music listening. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222608

This thesis investigates music' responses to a selection of complete nineteenth and twentieth century piano works, with respect to their levels of musical engagement (heightened attention and interest towards the music; Olsen, Dean & Stevens, 2014) a... Read More about The role of engagement and visual imagery in music listening.

Pathways in the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: from precursor works to the first two symphonies (2011)
Thesis
Phillips, J. P. N. (2011). Pathways in the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: from precursor works to the first two symphonies. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212940

This thesis presents analyses of the first and second symphonies of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. It starts with an introductory part consisting of two chapters outlining the overall structure of what follows and describing four features and a number of... Read More about Pathways in the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: from precursor works to the first two symphonies.

Domestic piano music in Victorian England : the case of (Edward) Sydney Smith (1839-89) (2011)
Thesis
Dunnington, G. (2011). Domestic piano music in Victorian England : the case of (Edward) Sydney Smith (1839-89). (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219341

[From the preface]: The history of music-making in Victorian and Edwardian England has, in recent decades, been well documented. The dedication and hard work of legions of amateur singers and brass players is now appreciated and admired, and this ad... Read More about Domestic piano music in Victorian England : the case of (Edward) Sydney Smith (1839-89).

An exploration of modal, serial, stochastic, electroacoustic and computer aided compositional techniques and their application into a series of original compositions (2010)
Thesis
Sakellarides, L. (2010). An exploration of modal, serial, stochastic, electroacoustic and computer aided compositional techniques and their application into a series of original compositions. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213093

The text is divided into two parts preceded by an introduction. The introduction focuses on some general issues that relate to musical composition: More specifically, it discusses the motivation of a composer and the goals he tries to achieve. The fi... Read More about An exploration of modal, serial, stochastic, electroacoustic and computer aided compositional techniques and their application into a series of original compositions.

Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music (2007)
Thesis
Prior, H. M. (2007). Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208381

This thesis examines listeners' responses to tonal and atonal music through a combined model that encompasses music perception theories such as the cue abstraction mechanism, and both listener- and stimulus-based models of emotional responses to musi... Read More about Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music.

Berg’s response to swing in jazz: the composer’s use of rhythm, texture and timbre in this context (2007)
Thesis
Bamford-Milroy, I. (2007). Berg’s response to swing in jazz: the composer’s use of rhythm, texture and timbre in this context. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208624

This thesis strongly queries the idea of classical music and jazz as most associable through the idea of ‘syncopation’. Certainly, along with elements of instrumental timbre, that aspect has established a relationship, but only superficially. In the... Read More about Berg’s response to swing in jazz: the composer’s use of rhythm, texture and timbre in this context.

Helical Time (an open ended song cycle for combinations of baritone voice, violin, piano and trumpet with instrumental pre-/inter-/post-ludes): (i) 'Time Being', for baritone voice and piano, in Tsang, L. & Venables, P.(eds) Finding Ursula Vaughan Williams:An Anthology of New Songs for Voice and Piano, with an Introduction by Lee Tsang (York: University of York Music Press, 2010). Supplementary recorded material available from http://www.uymp.co.uk/uvw. Performed as part of Ursula Vaughan Williams: In Memoriam which featured 12 new commissions. Tsang as producer, editor, singer. Lee Tsang (baritone); Peter Sproston (piano). Recorded live to video for online use. Beverley Minster and Middleton Hall, 15-16 April 2010. (4'). ISMN M 57036 187 8; (ii) 'Days', for baritone voice, piano, trumpet and violin (a setting of the poem by Philip Larkin). Performances (as part of the whole 'helix') in Hull and Hong Kong, March 2013
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Borthwick, A. Helical Time (an open ended song cycle for combinations of baritone voice, violin, piano and trumpet with instrumental pre-/inter-/post-ludes): (i) 'Time Being', for baritone voice and piano, in Tsang, L. & Venables, P.(eds) Finding Ursula Vaughan Williams:An Anthology of New Songs for Voice and Piano, with an Introduction by Lee Tsang (York: University of York Music Press, 2010). Supplementary recorded material available from http://www.uymp.co.uk/uvw. Performed as part of Ursula Vaughan Williams: In Memoriam which featured 12 new commissions. Tsang as producer, editor, singer. Lee Tsang (baritone); Peter Sproston (piano). Recorded live to video for online use. Beverley Minster and Middleton Hall, 15-16 April 2010. (4'). ISMN M 57036 187 8; (ii) 'Days', for baritone voice, piano, trumpet and violin (a setting of the poem by Philip Larkin). Performances (as part of the whole 'helix') in Hull and Hong Kong, March 2013