Use of Electronic Music in Brass Solo Literature
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Brass and electronics is a relatively new performance genre from the late twentieth century that incorporates ever-advancing audio and computer technology. Over the last fifty years, the genre has advanced tremendously, comprised of hundreds of works across the brass family. As a performer, I discovered that while the repertoires of all brass instruments featured electronic works, the importance of the genre and the ways in which it was used varied dramatically depending on the instrument. This thesis explores the ways in which brass and electronics is regarded as a genre and its role in brass performance. It examines the genre’s historical implications, how both genre and medium have developed, and what the future may hold. The basis of the thesis is an original research survey of forty-nine completed responses, that posed questions relating to the use, aesthetics, development, and future trends of electronics within brass music. Through this research, I uncovered a wealth of untapped research material and a significant gap in current scholarship regarding brass and electronics. The thesis is divided into five categories, an overview of both existing scholarship and the survey I implemented; establishing where brass and electronics stand, its historical position, terminology, and its interaction with existing acoustic mediums; three chapters specific areas of import that were highlighted in both prior scholarship and within the results of the survey, concepts of accessibility, and the viability of the genre moving into the future. The thesis concludes with a series of appendices that contains the survey questions and a trio of works lists categorized by instrument.
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Literature review and survey methodology -- Historiography of brass and electronics as a genre -- Important influences on performance, composition, and development -- Accessibility as a performance genre -- Viability of brass and electronic music as a genre
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M.M. (Master of Music)