Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
1991
Thesis Director
Peter Hesterman
Abstract
In one movement, the "Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra" is divided into five sections and a cadenza. It proposes to question the classical predominance of the solo instrument over the orchestra. A thoughtful distribution and diversification of roles performed by the soloist and the orchestra offers, as an alternative, a balanced interplay between these two protagonists.
Sections A and B supply material used in the other sections. Their main parameters are the predominance of some pitch intervals and the simultaneous use of different rhythmic organizations forming distinct textures. Section C stands quite freely from sections A and B for its own characteristics: the predominant use of aleatoric and semialeatoric rhythms, the exploration of timbres, and the predominance of the oboe over the other instruments.
Recommended Citation
Yampolschi, Roseane, "Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra" (1991). Masters Theses. 2253.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/2253
