This thesis is an analytic study on four works were premiered on November 30, 2021 at the Kim Young-ui Hall of Ewha Womans University Music College as a recital program for completing a master's degree. The works include: ae for Violin and Otamatone (...
This thesis is an analytic study on four works were premiered on November 30, 2021 at the Kim Young-ui Hall of Ewha Womans University Music College as a recital program for completing a master's degree. The works include: ae for Violin and Otamatone (2021), Addiction for Piano and 2 Percussion Players (2019), Ta for 2 Pianos (2020), and La Rose for Clarinet in Bb, Cello and Piano (2020). The purpose of this thesis is to clarify the background and intention of each work, to study the development process of the musical material used in each work and the music development method through form and structure analysis.
ae for Violin and Otamatone is a piece depicting the meeting, change, and coexistence of me in the real world and another me, “ae” who exists in the virtual world, and is describes through the real me through violin and the virtual world me(ae) through otamatone. This piece is generally performed by otamatone imitating and partially transforming the melody of violin, and changes appear in the melody imitation process for the three-step expression of [Existence Perception-Response-Coexistence] in each part. In addition, various techniques and effectors(plug-in) are used to change the tone of the melody that is repeated and imitated throughout the piece, and music is developed around the tone and acoustic effects that appear through this.
Addiction for Piano and 2 Percussion Players was composed based on the premise that a person falls into the process of indulging in an object(work, thing, phenomenon, etc.) by other will, not by will, through the process of the composer’s considering about indulgence and addiction. In this piece, addiction is recognized as a creature, and the process of the person being deeply addicted by the addiction, gradually forgetting himself, and eventually being destroyed is expressed musically. This piece consists of four parts, and the piano represents the person, and 2 percussionists represent the addiction through unpitched percussion instruments. In Addition, music is developed through musical elements such as the same pitch repetition motif, rhythm structure, articulation, meter, and tempo by the composer. In addition, effective storytelling is achieved through musical theatre elements such as instruction on stage lighting and performer’s behavior.
Ta for 2 Pianos was composed based on the composer’s personal experience. The focus of the piece was on musical description of the two inner egos and emotional and psychological changes that respond in contrast to what they continue to face in life. The composer defined the self in the piece through trichotomy based on a Christian perspective. In order to describe the two egos floating in thought without shape and to express the expanding emotions and psychological changes of the two egos, the pitch structure of 2nds and 4ths degrees, the harmonic structure derived therefrom, and five figures that appear over three parts of A-B-C were used. In addition, the music is developed around the sound generated by using the piano like a percussion instrument and the use of long pedaling and long fermata. Furthermore, various musical elements such as pitch, rhythm, pitch interval, and articulation were arranged in contrast throughout the music so that the contrasts between the two egos could be clearly felt.
La Rose for Clarinet in Bb, Cello and Piano was composed with ideas from a verse from the fairy tale <Le Petit Prince> by French writer Saint-Exupéry, and expressed the relationship between humans musically. This piece just consists of one part in which music is developed within a large motif that penetrates the entire piece. And all parts influencing and changing each other in an independent and equal position, and move horizontally. In order to effectively express the relationship between the parts closely connected to these changes, three techniques(stretto, musical element setting, melody sculpture) were used from the existing five concepts(fugue, leit-motif, total serialism music, O. Messiaen’s piece and concrete music). In particular, the musical element was substituted with a ‘small piece’, and the melody of all parts was constructed by setting it as the minimum unit constituting the melody. As the music developed, a method of modifying the piece or adding a newly created piece to the melody was used. This transformation of small piece appears the most through the technique among musical elements, which soon leads to tone change.
In this thesis is a study on various musical elements and music development methods used differently for each work to express the theme and composition intention of each work musically through the analysis of the four works.