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SEPTEMBER MUSIC

by

Karen W illene E rv in

A Com position Subm itted in L ieu o f T hesis To th e F a c u lty o f the

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

In P a r t i a l F u lf i l lm e n t o f th e Requirem ents For th e Degree o f

MASTER OF MUSIC

In th e G raduate C ollege

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

1 9 7 5

STATEMENT BY COMPOSER

T his com position has been subm itted in p a r t i a l f u l f i l lm e n t o f req u irem en ts f o r an advanced degree a t The U n iv e rs ity o f A rizona and i s d e p o s ite d in th e U n iv e rs ity L ib ra ry to be made a v a i la b le to borrow ers under r u le s o f th e L ib ra ry .

The use o f b r i e f e x c e rp ts from t h i s work i s a llo w ab le w ith o u t s p e c ia l p e rm iss io n , prov ided th a t a c c u ra te acknowledgment o f source i s made. R equests f o r p e rm iss io n to use extended e x c e rp ts from o r rep ro d u ct io n o f t h i s m anuscrip t in whole o r in p a r t may be g ra n te d by th e head o f th e m ajor departm ent o r th e Dean o f th e G raduate C ollege when i n h i s judgment th e proposed use o f th e m a te r ia l i s i n th e i n t e r e s t s o f s c h o la r sh ip . In a l l o th e r in s ta n c e s , p e rm issio n must be o b ta in ed from th e comp o se r .

SIGNED*

APPROVAL BY THESIS SUPERVISOR

T his com position has been approved on th e d a te shown below*

P ro fe s s o r o f Music

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ABSTRACT......................................................................... ...... • iv

IIJSTRUKENTATION AND NOTATION.............................................. v

SEPTEMBER MUSIC

I . N octurne I ........................................ ...... 1

I I . C horale-Scherzo . . . . . . . . 10

I I I . R i s o l u t o ............................................................ 13

IV. N octurne I I . . .............................................. 21

ABSTRACT

SEPTEMBER MUSIC i s a com position f o r E^ a l t o saxophone and

trombone s o l o i s t s , accompanied by two t r i o s . The f i r s t t r i o con

s i s t s o f th re e v l o l o n c e l l i , th e second o f two p e rc u s s io n is ts and

h a rp . I t i s in fo u r movements, th e l a s t be in g a s tro n g rem in iscence

o f th e f i r s t .

M u sica lly , SEPTEMBER MUSIC i s in ten d ed to exp lo re th e v a rio u s

p o s s ib le c o lo r com binations o f th e in s tru m e n ts , always re tu rn in g

to th e b a s ic sound id e a o f a l t o saxophone, accompanied by two p e r

cu ss io n and h a rp , and trom bone, accompanied by th re e v lo lo n c e l l i .

The b a s ic u n ify in g d ev ice i s th e alm ost c o n s ta n t p resence of

a f l a t la y e r o f sound, ex em plified by th e re c o rd e r and ' c e l lo f ig u r e s

in N octurne I , th e trombone and 'c e l l o ch o ra le in C h o ra le -5 ch e rzo ,

th e r e c u r r in g F# t r i l l in th e R iso lu to and , a g a in , th e re c o rd e r

and 'c e l l o f ig u r e s i n N octurne I I ,

E m otionally , SEPTEMBER MUSIC should evoke m y ste rious n ig h t

sounds and th e "human" v o ic e s o f saxophone and trombone a g a in s t th e

r e l a t i v e l y "non-human" sounds o f ' c e l l ! , h a rp and p e rc u ss io n .

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E^ A lto SaxophoneTenor Trombone w ith F a ttach m en t

I f th e tro m b o n ist does no t wish to w h is tle (N octurne l ) , he should p la y th e g iv en p i tc h e s on Soprano R ecorder.

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Vibraphone 3 Wood B locks Tambourine Bass Drum Soprano R ecorder

P e rcu ss io n I IG lo ckensp ie lXylophoneBongosSoprano R ecorder

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