Theses/Dissertations - Department of Music Theory
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Personifying dynamic video game music through live performance : a rescoring of RiME.
(2020-05-01)My central argument for this thesis is that video game music loses its adaptive functionality when performed outside of a gameplay context. My goal is to use technology to incorporate live performance into dynamic game ... -
Fantasies and delusions : Billy Joel's turn and return to classical music.
(2018-04-17)In 2001, the release of Fantasies and Delusions officially announced Billy Joel’s remarkable career transition from popular songwriting to classical instrumental music composition. Representing Joel’s eclectic aesthetic ... -
An investigation of pedagogical methods for increasing the perceived relevance of music theory courses to undergraduate music students.
(, 2011-09-14)This thesis investigates three pedagogical avenues toward increasing the perceived relevance of music theory to undergraduate music students. These avenues include exploring the relation of analysis to performance, the ... -
The impact of visual-music interaction on music perception : the influence of agreement and disagreement.
(2010-10-08)Previous audiovisual cognition research has focused primarily on music's impact on visual perception. The goals of this study are to explore the impact of visuals on the perception of affective and acoustical qualities of ... -
Musical process and the structuring of riffs in Metallica.
(2010-06-23)This study focuses on the 1980s thrash metal music of Metallica. It analyzes the harmonic and melodic nature of Metallica's riffs and examines how musical processes help shape the formal structures of these riffs. Drawing ... -
Reworking of musical material and the reinterpretation of musical drama: Luciano Berio's Sequenza X (1984) and Kol Od [Chemins VI] (1996).
(2007-02-14)Luciano Berio wrote a series of pieces entitled Chemins for soloist and ensemble. Each chemins contains one entire solo line from one of his sequenzas for solo instruments. Numerous similarities and differences between ...
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