MSHJ: Faith and Deeds in The White Island

MSHJ: Faith and Deeds in The White Island

An examination of Donald Martino's composition "The White Island" is offered, focusing on the piece's expressive implications and broader meanings of Martino's compositional technique. Pointing to the transcendent is one of the fundamental projects of the work, and its irred...

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Veröffentlicht in:Perspectives of new music 1991-07, Vol.29 (2), p.294-311
1. Verfasser: Brody, Martin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
A Tribute to Donald Martino
Composers
Hexachords
Martino, Donald
Musical aesthetics
Musical composition
Musical expression
Musical notation
Musical textures
Musicology
Pastoral poetry
Ritual music
Sacred music
Serial music
Sound pitch
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Zusammenfassung:An examination of Donald Martino's composition "The White Island" is offered, focusing on the piece's expressive implications and broader meanings of Martino's compositional technique. Pointing to the transcendent is one of the fundamental projects of the work, and its irreducibility to rationalized structures and reconstructions indicates both largeness and individuality of conception.
ISSN:0031-6016
2325-7180
DOI:10.2307/833443