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Music of Balance: Circles and Squares |
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| Author |
Handel, Amanda Jane (著)
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| Date | 2004.04 |
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| Pages | 266 |
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| Publisher | University of Western Sydney |
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https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/
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| Location | Penrith, Australia |
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| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | master |
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| Institution | University of Western Sydney |
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| Department | Contemporary Arts |
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| Advisor | Jim Franklin; Michael Atherton |
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| Publication year | 2004 |
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| Abstract | Music of balance is a portfolio of eight compositions, all of which bear the concealed influence of mandalas in their conception - these are made manifest musically in cycle structures with shifting drones, pedals and tonal ambiguities.The compositional process maximises minimal materials - circles and squares - symbolically. Organising thought, feeling and knowledge into a balanced acoustic music form of expression is the objective of this creative project - which is carried out under the influence of symbols. Whilst the compositional processes are intuitive, they involve a disciplinary measure which employs the circle and the square as tools. Acting symbolically these tools imbue the music with deeper meaning than the obvious listening surface, and provide a rich substance of sound. Programmatic influences have been absented; replaced instead by the language of symbols - namely the mandala symbol. A range of apparent opposites arising from circles and squares - physical/ephemeral matter, chronological/eternal time and form/expression - are investigated for musical reconciliation. The compositional exploration is guided and focused by the circle in a square image understood as a universal symbol (grounded in the ancient Indian Arts, Tibetan Buddhism, Sufism and Jungian psychology), and active in representing, and thus restoring the natural balance of the soul in the universe |
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| Created date | 2023.05.03 |
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| Modified date | 2023.07.05 |
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