Date of Award
5-10-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Music (BMu)
First Advisor
Steven Harper
Abstract
As important as orchestration is for composers during the compositional process, timbre in music has historically been given a role subsidiary to that of pitch and rhythm. Throughout this paper I look into the possible ways that the timbral element of music might be brought to the foreground. I will discuss concepts introduced by Arnold Schoenberg which had significant impact on timbre theory as well as Schoenberg’s Five Orchestra Pieces, op. 16 no. 3 which makes use of timbral variation to an unprecedented degree. In closing, I will make an argument about the possibility which the timbral element of music has to bolster structural forms (as evidenced by Anton Webern’s Symphonie, op. 21, mvt I).
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/29099583
Recommended Citation
Way, Connor, "The Function of Timbral Processes In Webern’s Symphonie op. 21, mvt I." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2014.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/29099583
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