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  • Style and Genre Synthesis in Music Composition: Revealing and Examining the Craft and Creative Processes in Composing Poly-Genre Music

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    Author(s)
    Knopf, Michael D.
    Primary Supervisor
    Cronin, Stephen
    Dirie, Gerardo
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    Enhancing new musical works by referencing style and genre is a well-established practice in music making around the world. Audiences and artists of the past century were particularly exposed to music of many styles and genres through the growth of information and knowledge transfer as a result of travel, various media and the Internet. This musical and cultural interaction was, as Nettl (1986, p. 371) characterized it, a “prevailing force in musical innovation.” Aubert (2000, p. 4) states that the “generalization all over the planet of the cultural hybridization process observed today is a phenomenon without precedent.” ...
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    Enhancing new musical works by referencing style and genre is a well-established practice in music making around the world. Audiences and artists of the past century were particularly exposed to music of many styles and genres through the growth of information and knowledge transfer as a result of travel, various media and the Internet. This musical and cultural interaction was, as Nettl (1986, p. 371) characterized it, a “prevailing force in musical innovation.” Aubert (2000, p. 4) states that the “generalization all over the planet of the cultural hybridization process observed today is a phenomenon without precedent.” Alongside this is the “need to investigate musical hybrids” that Leavy sees (2009, p. 105) as having “increased exponentially with globalization and the multidirectional cultural exchange it has fostered.” My work as a performer and composer is deeply influenced by music hybrids, with genre and style synthesis integral to my creative practice. In my search of the literature to place my work in style and genre synthesis, I was unable to find a systematic description of content, process or operational philosophy. This study aims to examine and reveal the technical and creative concepts and processes I use to generate new cross-genre compositions. The research is carried out through the composition of new works as examples of genre synthesis, and through reflections on, and analyses of, the particular processes of synthesis occurring in the new works. The research furnishes evidence of the use of new and conventional concepts, strategies and terminology, and offers a model for the creative practice of composing with styles and genres.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
    School
    Queensland Conservatorium
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/1935
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Item Access Status
    Public
    Subject
    Music compositions
    New cross-genre compositions
    Music hybrids
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366075
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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