Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
1999
Thesis Director
Bernard Borah
Abstract
The thesis includes the score of the musical composition Intelligentsia Suite by Charles Haarhues and an analysis of the work by the composer.
The composition is in two movements and is scored for symphonic winds, percussion, and piano. The specific instrumentation is:
Woodwinds: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English Horn in F, 3 clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet, and 2 bassoons.
Brass: 4 French horns in F, 2 trumpets in B-flat, 2 trombones, bass trombone, and tuba.
Percussion: vibraphone, xylophone, suspended cymbal, snare drum, bass drum, whip, tambourine, castanets, triangle, tam-tam, and 3 timpani.
Grand piano.
The purpose of the accompanying paper is to analyze the important musical elements of the piece. These include form, melody, harmony, rhythm/meter/tempo, orchestration, and dynamics. Each of the two movements is handled separately in its own chapter. In the sections on form, the paper analyzes the structure of each movement and then identifies the important themes that constitute it. In the melody sections, the motivic characteristics of these themes are examined. The harmony sections discuss the vertical characteristics of each movement in general terms and then show specific examples. The rhythm/meter/tempo sections look at the basic metric structure of each movement and also identify contrasting materials. The orchestration sections examine how the instrumentation is used to articulate the major formal divisions. In the dynamics sections, charts of the dynamic levels of each movement identify their major characteristics.
Recommended Citation
Haarhues, Charles Douglas, "Intelligentsia Suite: Score and Analysis" (1999). Masters Theses. 1684.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/1684
