Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Composer'

The search for interesting and rewarding repertoire is a lifelong process for the modern violist. Because of the viola's belated acceptance as a solo instrument, only the occasional solo viola piece appears in the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods, giving violists special incentive to embrace new sources of repertoire, including transcriptions of works for other instruments, new works by living composers, and rediscovered works by lesser-known composers. This dissertation explores another means by which violists have contributed to the concert repertoire: composing their own music.

Music written by violists with performing careers follows in a historical tradition of player-composers, especially pianist-composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, and Sergei Rachmaninov, whose intimate knowledge of their instrument resulted in beloved works of art. In order to highlight music that stems from this intersection of performance and composition, I adopted the following criteria for a violist-composer's inclusion in the project: specialization in the viola over other instruments, including the violin; professional performance career, usually in an ensemble, on recordings, or in a teaching position; particular interest in writing for the viola within the compositional oeuvre; and chronological overlap of performance and compositional undertakings.

I crafted, prepared, and performed three recital programs of music by violist-composers, selecting works that appealed to me as a performer and represented a variety of instrumentations, styles, and genres. The chosen pieces highlight themes common to violist-composers, including improvisatory gestures, exploration of tone colors, stylistic crossover from non-classical music, pedagogical goals, technical virtuosity, and chamber music for multiple violas. Featured composers are Alessandro Rolla, L. E. Casimir Ney, Lionel Tertis, Henri Casadesus, Maurice Vieux, Paul Hindemith, Rebecca Clarke, Tibor Serly, Lillian Fuchs, Paul Walther Fürst, Atar Arad, Michael Kugel, Garth Knox, Paul Coletti, Brett Dean, Kenji Bunch, Scott Slapin, and Lev Zhurbin.

The dissertation includes live recordings of the three recitals with program notes discussing the composers and their music. A list of violist-composers, including those not featured on the recital programs, appears as an appendix, providing the basis for further exploration by violists seeking engaging new concert repertoire.

With recent technical development computer aided design and manufacturing has taken amore important role in the product life cycle. New business segments such as Product/ServiceSystems and remanufacturing is emerging. This development demands better control of theproduct data throughout the entire product life cycle. Computer aided design is widelyrecognized and used within the manufacturing industries and in recent years the importance ofDigital manufacturing has increased. One part of Digital manufacturing is paperlessproduction which involves all orders and working instruction shown for example on a screenrather than on a piece of paper. In order to aid companies in creating better workinginstructions Dassault Systémes has launched the product 3Dvia Composer.The company DELFOi is working with digital manufacturing on the Nordic market and is areseller of Dassault Systémes products. DELFOi wants to know if 3Dvia Composer hasanything valuable to add to their product portfolio, what profits may be gained from it andwhat type of costumers that can make use of the product. DELFOi also wants to know whatparts of the product life cycle that can be covered by 3Dvia Composer and how to implementthe program into their product portfolio.To achieve this five companies that operate in different parts of the product life cycle wasinterviewed in order to map how they work with instructions and to identify their needsregarding their methodology. Theories about man/machine-interface have been studied andthese theories, together with the result from the interviews, form the base from which thepossibilities of 3Dvia Composer are evaluated. The software is also compared to other similarsoftware in a benchmarking. A document that describes the implementation process for 3DviaComposer at a customer site is compiled and presented.The study shows that interactive working instructions has a lot of advantages and can solve alot of problems related to work instructions that are identified in this study. 3Dvia Composeris a competent software for creating interactive work instructions. Regardless, great deals ofresources are required to sell 3Dvia Composer due to that most companies, even though theyidentify a lot of problems, seem satisfied with the current method for working instructions,and therefore do not seek change.

I takt med den tekniska utvecklingen har datorstödd konstruktion och produktion blivit en alltviktigare del i produktlivscykeln. Nya affärsområden såsom funktionsförsäljning ochåtertillverkning där tillverkande företag har tagit på sig ett allt större ansvar för helaproduktlivscykeln har växt fram på senare tid. Detta ställer allt högre krav på att ha kontrollöver produktdata under hela produktlivscykeln. Datorstödd konstruktion är sedan länge utbrettoch etablerat inom industrin och på senare år har även digital manufacturing , med i vilketPapperslös produktion är en del fått en allt större betydelse. Papperslös produktion innebär attalla order och arbetsinstruktioner visas t.ex. på en skärm istället för i pappersform. För atthjälpa företag att bereda bättre arbetsinstruktioner har Dassault Systémes lanserat produkten3Dvia Composer.Företaget DELFOi arbetar med digital manufacturing på den nordiska marknaden och äråterförsäljare av Dassault Systémes produkter. DELFOi önskar veta om 3Dvia Composer ären produkt som tillför produktportföljen något och vilka vinster den kan ge deras kunder. Detär även viktigt att företaget har en modell som kan användas för att marknadsföra ochimplementera Composer framgångsrikt hos kund.För att utreda detta intervjuades fem företag som bereder instruktioner för olika delar avproduktlivscykeln. Deras arbetssätt kring arbetsinstruktioner kartlades, samt behov och bristeri arbetssätt identifierades. Teorier för människa/maskin-gränssnitt och elektroniskaarbetsinstruktioner studerades. Utifrån dessa teorier och resultatet från intervjuernautvärderades sedan 3Dvia Composers kompetens för framtagning av arbetsinstruktioner.Programvaran jämfördes också med konkurrerande program i en benchmarking. Slutligenarbetades metodik och dokument fram för hur DELFOi kan implementera 3Dvia Composerhos kund.Detta arbete visar att interaktiva arbetsinstruktioner har många fördelar och kan lösa många avde problem som företag idag identifierar relaterat till beredning av arbetsinstruktioner och3Dvia Composer är en kompetent programvara för att uppnå detta. Det kommer dock attkrävas stora arbetsresurser för att sälja 3Dvia Composer, eftersom de flesta företag, trots enrad uttalade problem, är nöjda med dagens arbetsmetodik och därför har svårt att söka nyalösningar på problemen.

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This auto ethnography examines how a timid young boy grew up to become a confident music composer and how he developed a method of auto ethnographic songwriting. Through a process of systematic narrative inquiry and hermeneutic analysis, the study uncovers personal insights in self-awareness and in compositional technique. The study examines how the author reacted to personal and professional failures, regained emotional equilibrium through creative expression, and developed a method of transforming spoken text into complete songs. The study also considers how educational practices and cultural expectations in the late twentieth century American affected the composer's musical upbringing and sense of belonging. Additionally, the study recounts how the composer trained his own mind and body to perceive tempo and syncopation in order to compensate for a lack of an innate sense of rhythm. The study illuminates the transforming effect that acts of creativity had on this individual's belief system and how they helped him sustain his enthusiasm for life.

This project report serves as a resource to provide composers with the tools to tackle the complexities of writing for the harp. This will be achieved by considering the mechanical aspects of the harp, as well as analyze the strategies celebrated composers Maurice Ravel, Henriette Renié, and Carlos Salzédo employ in their own compositions to utilize the intricacies of the instrument to their advantage. Pieces discussed include: Ravel's Introduction et Allegro, Renié's Pièce Symphonique, Salzédo's Five Poetic Studies for Harp Alone and his arrangement of Claude Debussy's Children's Corner Suite. A list of reference and instructional books will be included in the appendix for further study.

Wil Offermans is a flutist-composer with a holistic approach to contemporary flute pedagogy. At present day, there are very few English-language publications on Offermans; thus, in comparison to his contemporaries, the broader English-speaking flute community knows very little of the Dutch flutist-composer. The purpose of this treatise is to present Offermans's pedagogical ideas as a modern day flutist-composer so that his knowledge, creativity, and unique perspective may be made available to a larger flute population.

A brief overview of the development of contemporary flute music will set the stage for the emergence of Offermans's role in the flute world. A biographical sketch of Offermans follows, along with a discussion of his teaching philosophy and four pedagogical themes that reoccur in his teaching and methods: extended techniques, interculturalism, improvisation, and body movement. Other pedagogical applications associated with these themes are discussed in addition. Finally, the concept of holism in education is explored using Offermans as an example of a holistic pedagogue.