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Type of Submission
Performance
Keywords
Music theory, Desenclos, harmony, melody, content
Abstract
There is an idiom that form and harmony can only be achieved through multiple voices. Many such examples are consistent with the piano medium. However, this idiom is challenged in Desenclos' Prelude, Cadence et Finale for alto saxophone and piano. Despite the piano accompaniment, thematic harmonic progression takes place in the saxophone part, mostly highlighted in the Cadence section. I hope to share many techniques Desenclos has used to create motivic content, whether through elements of tritone usage, pentatonic scales, or systematic intervalic relationships. For time purposes, I will be focusing on the first two sections of the piece, talking and playing interspersed.
Campus Venue
Dixon Ministry Center, Recital Hall
Location
Cedarville, OH
Start Date
4-12-2017 2:00 PM
End Date
4-12-2017 2:30 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
PowerPoint
Desenclos' Prelude, Cadence et Finale: Harmonic Progression and Motivic Content Achieved Through Solo Voice
Cedarville, OH
There is an idiom that form and harmony can only be achieved through multiple voices. Many such examples are consistent with the piano medium. However, this idiom is challenged in Desenclos' Prelude, Cadence et Finale for alto saxophone and piano. Despite the piano accompaniment, thematic harmonic progression takes place in the saxophone part, mostly highlighted in the Cadence section. I hope to share many techniques Desenclos has used to create motivic content, whether through elements of tritone usage, pentatonic scales, or systematic intervalic relationships. For time purposes, I will be focusing on the first two sections of the piece, talking and playing interspersed.
