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1 Western Washington University Western CEDAR WWU Graduate School Collection WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarshi 2012 Cerebral wave organics I: music or orchestra : Ian D. McCunn Western Washington University Follow this and additional works at: htts://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet Part o the Music Commons Recommended Citation McCunn, Ian D., "Cerebral wave organics I: music or orchestra : " (2012). WWU Graduate School Collection htts://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/192 This Masters Thesis is brought to you or ree and oen access by the WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarshi at Western CEDAR. It has been acceted or inclusion in WWU Graduate School Collection by an authorized administrator o Western CEDAR. For more inormation, lease contact westerncedar@wwu.edu.

2 Ian D. McCunn Cerebral Wave Organics - I Music or Orchestra

3 Cerebral Wave Organics - I By Ian D. McCunn Acceted in Partial Comletion O the Requirements or the Degree Master o Music Kathleen L. Kitto, Dean o the Graduate School ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chair, Dr. Lesley Sommer Dr. Roger Briggs Dr. Bruce Hamilton

4 MASTER S THESIS In resenting this thesis in artial ulillment o the requirements or a master s degree at Western Washington University, I grant to Western Washington University the non exclusive royalty ree right to archive, reroduce, distribute, and dislay the thesis in any and all orms, including electronic ormat, via any digital library mechanisms maintained by WWU. I reresent and warrant this is my original work, and does not inringe or violate any rights o others. I warrant that I have obtained written ermissions rom the owner o any third arty coyrighted material included in these iles. I acknowledge that I retain ownershi rights to the coyright o this work, including but not limited to the right to use all or art o this work in uture works, such as articles or books. Library users are granted ermission or individual, research and non commercial reroduction o this work or educational uroses only. Any urther digital osting o this document requires seciic ermission rom the author. Any coying or ublication o this thesis or commercial uroses, or or inancial gain, is not allowed without my written ermission. Signature: Date:

5 Cerebral Wave Organics - I A Thesis Presented to The Faculty o Western Washington University In Partial Fulillment O the Requirements or the Degree Master o Music by Ian D. McCunn May 2012

6 Notes Duration: ~1' Score is in C. Instruments are notated where they sound excet or instruments which transose at the octave or double octave. Instrumentation Winds 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb 1 Bassoon Brass 4 Horns in F 2 Trumets in C 1 Trombone 1 Tuba Percussion Timani: (F# 2, B2, C) Player 1: Susended Cymbal, Crotales, Tam-tam Key: Player 2: Vibrahone Player : Marimba Har P.. The iece calls or lucking o the strings. The layer should use a 'rest stroke,' that is, the inger or thumb should come across the string set and rest on the adjacent string set. In every case, the lesh o the inger should be used. Strings Violin I Violin II Viola Cello Double Bass Notation: Accidentals aly only to the octave and measure in which they occur. Dynamic values are not absolute but are relative to the context in which they occur. Dynamic markings which occur within a duration should be layed at an aroximate beat. Grace igures o three notes or less should occur on the beat. All dynamic markings are to be layed subito. Program Notes In this work, orchestral color takes on a nebulous quality as it changes over time. The irst major ortion o the iece is driven by a single melody which tyiies each subsection. As this melody reeats, it is sometimes veiled by orchestral color and strata in a andiatonic ashion, with oreign itches rogressively thwarting its consonance. Rhythmic stratiication takes on a stochastic quality and various musical events may suort or combat motivic and thematic elements over time. The middle section is the culmination o stochastic rhythmic ideas and where motivic elements are derived rom earlier ideas but now articulated through an atonal lens (melodic contours are maintained but itches are altered). The idea o andiatonicism returns as the iece reaches an aex with multile layers o rhythmic syncoation and grouings. The iece closes with the return o the iece's oening texture which, like earlier sections, occurs seemingly by haenstance. Questions/Comments: e: ian.mccunn@gmail.com

7 Score in C Flutes 1,2 Oboe 1,2 Bb Clarinet 1,2 Bassoon F Horn 1,2 C Trumet 1, 2 Trombone Tuba Timani Percussion 1 Vibrahone Marimba Har Piano Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Double Bass q = 60 q = 60 q = 60 senza vib. to vib. Cerebral Wave Organics - I Ian D. McCunn 2011 Ian D. McCunn con sord. con sord. cym. w/ sticks motor o D C B / E F# G A non senza vib. m m m senza vib. m senza vib. to vib. m m m m to vib. to vib. senza vib. m m

8 4 A m m m m m 2 C Tt. Tim. m A H. m I molto vib. molto vib. A m senza vib. senza vib. molto vib. molto vib. senza vib. senza vib.

9 7 lutter m m m m m m m senza sord. m m C Tt. m Tim. m m H. m m *luck string w/ inger m I m m m m non

10 11 m lutter C Tt. senza sord. m Tim. H. m m m G# m I izz.

11 5 15 lutter m m m m m C Tt. Tim. m m H. G m I izz. izz.

12 C Tt. Tim. H. I 20 w/ medium mallets m sul ont. a 2 to crot. gliss. Crot. motor ull m to Cym. B gliss. B B izz. izz. 5 6 sul ont. gliss. gliss. izz. sul ont. m izz.

13 7 27 m m C Tt. m m m m Tim. H. I w/ medium mallets cym. m w/ sticks m D# m m sul D m gliss. gliss. sul ont. sul ont. sul ont. izz. sul ont. izz. sul ont. m

14 1 C m m 8 C Tt. m Tim. H. I m m C m m m m D m m m non m C izz. m izz. m

15 9 6 m m m m D C Tt. Tim. H. I D m m non m m D m

16 41 m m m m 10 C Tt. Tim. m m H. m m I m

17 11 C Tt. 47 m E m Tim. w/ medium mallets E m gliss. m H. G m E m C# / E G E I non

18 52 m 12 m m m m m m C Tt. m Tim. m H. sul ont. m m I m m sul ont. sul ont. sul ont. m m izz. m m

19 1 59 F m m C Tt. Tim. F m m H. D C# B/ E F# G A I m F m m m

20 64 m m m n. m m m 14 C Tt. m Tim. m H. m m m I izz. izz. izz. sul ont. sul ont. sul ont.

21 15 70 G C Tt. Tim. G m m motor o H. m I G m

22 74 16 C Tt. m Tim. w/ sticks m m m m m H. C Bb/ Eb F I

23 17 78 H m m C Tt. Tim. H. w/ medium mallets to Crot. D C# B / E F# G A H m m H I

24 8 18 m C Tt. con sord. m Tim. m m Crot. m to cym. H. I sul ont. m m sul ont. m sul ont. m izz.

25 19 86 m m m m C Tt. Tim. cym. m to Crot. m m H. I sul ont. sul ont. sul ont. D# C Bb/ E F# G# A m m

26 I 92 m m m 20 C Tt. Tim. I crot. m m H. C# / E# C / Eb m m I I izz. izz. izz. izz. izz.

27 21 C Tt. 95 m m m m con sord. Tim. H. m m m m E D C# I m m m m

28 99 J m m m 22 C Tt. Tim. J to cym. H. m I J m m m 5 m m

29 2 102 m m m m m C Tt. a 1 Tim. m m m H. F G m B I m sul ont. m sul ont. m m m izz. 5 m m m

30 107 K m 24 m C Tt. senza sord. Tim. K H. I cym. w/ medium mallets F# Ab K m

31 m m C Tt. Tim. m scrae m m m m H. m I m m izz.

32 117 L m 26 C Tt. Tim. L m a 2 m m m m m m m m H. I L m m m izz. izz.

33 m m m m M a 2 m C Tt. Tim. H. I m m motor ull w/ sticks motor o m m m m m D C# B / E F# G A M D C Bb / E F# G A m M m m m m m m m m

34 125 m m m m m 28 C Tt. Tim. m m H. m I m

35 C Tt. m m Tim. m m m m w/ medium mallets H. I non izz.

36 N 14 0 m C Tt. 5 Tim. N m to crot. m m crot. H. I N m m m m m m m m m

37 1 18 m m m m m C Tt. m 5 Tim. m m m m H. I m m m m 5 5 m

38 14 O m m n. m 2 C Tt. Tim. O H. I O motor: 1/4 Db C Bb / Eb F G Ab m m m m gliss. m gliss. izz. m m izz. m m izz. m m

39 147 m m m m n. n. m n. n. m m con sord. C Tt. Tim. m m H. m sul ont. m I m sul ont. m

40 151 m 4 n. n. n. C Tt. m con sord. m Tim. H. m sul ont. m sul ont. I sul ont. m sul ont. m

41 5 155 C Tt. Tim. m H. m I sul ont. sul ont.

42 P q= C Tt. senza sord. m m Tim. P q=120 tam-tam to crot. m m m m 5 H. D B / E F# A I P q=120 izz.

43 Q 7 7 m C Tt. senza sord. m m m m Tim. Q H. I Q izz. izz. m w/ medium mallets m m m izz. izz. crot. cym. m m izz. F

44 170 m m 8 C Tt. Tim. w/ sticks m H. I m

45 9 175 m C Tt. m m Tim. m w/ sticks m H. I m

46 C Tt. Tim. cym. w/ medium mallets H. I

47 C Tt. Tim. w/ sticks H. I

48 189 m 42 C Tt. Tim. m crot. m m m cym. H. I sul ont. sul ont. sul ont. sul ont.

49 4 196 R q=60 m m m m m n. m n. C Tt. m con sord. con sord. Tim. R q=60 m tam-tam m H. I 5 R q=60 m m sul ont. sul ont. m m

50 202 m m m n. m n. n. m m m m 44 C Tt. Tim. H. I m m m m m m sul ont. sul ont. Bb gliss. m m

51 m m n. n. n. m m n. m C Tt. Tim. m H. I m m m m m m gliss. sul ont. sul ont. izz izz izz m

52 211 S 46 C Tt. Tim. H. S m con sord. con sord. cym. to crot. m m C#/ F# G# m I S m m m m m senza vib.

53 m m a 1 m C Tt. a 1 Tim. motor 1/2 H. D# m m m I to vib. molto vib. to vib. molto vib. to vib. molto vib. to vib. molto vib. simile to vib. molto vib.

54 220 m lutter 48 m m m m m C Tt. Tim. crot to cym. m m semre cym. m H. I m semre senza vib. m senza vib. senza vib. senza vib. senza vib. m m m m

55 lutter rit. a 2 C Tt. Tim. H. I m m rit. m Tam-tam m m m * luck rit. gliss. m sul ont. sul ont. gliss. sul ont. sul ont.