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Electroacoustic music composition: myth, symbol and image
This thesis presents the author's musical compositions through the elucidation of their source impulse. In order to facilitate the unveiling of the works presented in this thesis I have subdivided it into sections thus:
Section 1 - Here I introduce the reader to the motivation behind my music composition work and discuss the elements which inform my cosmology through the elucidation of the concepts and methods used in the realisation of the compositions.
Section 2 - An introduction, discussion and conclusion to the series heading of Raza. The compositions and chapters are as follows: Chapter 3, Lucero for charango and tape; Chapter 4, Gato's Raid for marimba and tape; Chapter 6, De Luna a Luna ... for two percussionists and tape. In this section I address that particular musical imagery which is directly related to my cultural roots.
Section 3 - An introduction, discussion and conclusion to the series heading of Urbis. The compositions and chapters are as follows: Chapter 9, Urbis #2 'passing moments/riffs & raffs' for bass clarinet and tape; Chapter 10, Urbis #3 'Alter ego' for electric guitar, live electronics and tape; Chapter 11, Urbis #4 for tape. In this section I address the use of modern urban culture symbols in order to create a contemporary mythological canon.
Section 4 - A conclusion to this thesis
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Recording of Michael Rosas Cobian's Rumbos. Etudes 94. Rumbos is translates to pathways in a ambiguous or mysterious manner. Three basic sound sources are used: a sample of a squash game, an attack of a cello col legno and a metal strike; and a single technical device: the Akai sampler. The feature of 8 point loop facility which is used extensively in this work
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Recording of Michael Rosas Cobian's Womb Etudes. There are three sections to these etudes and the sounds are all derived from brass, making the transients and resonances a big part of this work. Mostly, it was composed under the stream of consciousness principle, though there was a large degree of predetermines being exerted particularly regarding as when events took place in time and space. The shape of the work also suggesting an "expanded orchestral" work due to the multi-dimensionality of the sound objects
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Recording of Michael Rosas Cobian and Jay Arden's Rite of Passage. Composed and realized at the composers' home studios in 1996. Rite Of Passage is a piece which expresses the composers' joint interest in concepts of time and rhythm. The music follows a journey from a state of origination to full maturity and in this respect represents a process of growth. Finally, this piece attempts to use the mechanistic sounds of the contemporary world and transform them into organic and even human sounds. The composers' intent was to illustrate the link between the external world and their inner consciousness