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Quandary

Schildgen, Alex Joseph
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711275064475746

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2024, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Composition.
Quandary is a nine-minute orchestral piece with the following instrumentation: 3 Flutes (3rd doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, Bass Clarinet in Bb, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 2 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, 3 Percussionists, Harp, Piano and Strings. Quandary documents the cathartic process of working through emotional conflict to discover internal reconciliation. The music has a variety of styles and is divided into two parts. The opening material is fast, repetitious, edgy, and cryptic. This is followed with feelings of remorse, uncertainty, passion, and raw emotion. The ending material is much more tonal than the opening ideas, but still has harmonic variety and shifting pitch centers. The piece begins with a whole-tone phrase which is the primary recurring motive within the section. This subject is be used throughout the orchestra and is supported by scales in a minor modality. The athletic character of this material contributes a serious mood to the piece. This piece is inspired by an assortment of composers. The first portion invokes musical ideas similar to Carl Ruggles, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Igor Stravinsky and Gioachino Rossini and follows the orchestration styles of Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, while also using a variety of harmonic material similar to Ruggles. Additional content includes Vaughan Williams, Maurice Ravel and Aaron Copland.
Marilyn Shrude, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Christopher Dietz, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
34 p.
Composition; Music
Quandary; Music; Orchestral; Instrumental; Thesis; Composition;

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  • Schildgen, A. J. (2024). Quandary [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711275064475746

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schildgen, Alex. Quandary. 2024. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711275064475746.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schildgen, Alex. "Quandary." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711275064475746

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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