2 research outputs found
A new direction in British choral composition : Jonathan Dove and Bob Chilcott
This
project
investigates
a
new
style
of
choral
composition
developing
in
Great
Britain
through
the
analyses
of
two
contemporary
compositions:
It
Sounded
as
if
the
Streets
Were
Running
by
Jonathan
Dove
and
The
Making
of
the
Drum
by
Bob
Chilcott.
The
paper
examines
the
background
of
the
composers
and
the
possible
influences
on
their
compositional
style.
Salient
features
in
the
music
of
these
composers
include:
coherent
non-‐traditional
tonalities,
non-‐traditional
tonal
shifts,
motivic
ostinatos,
and
rhythmic
complexity.
It
is
asserted
that
through
the
analyses
and
comparisons
to
other
contemporary
composers
that
Dove
and
Chilcott
are
at
the
forefront
of
an
emerging
style
of
British
choral
composition.Thesis (M.M.)School of Musi