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The Title Toward the Shining Light As an Influencing Factor on the Basic Form and Structural Components in Broadstock's First Symphony THE TITLE AS AN TOWARD THE SHINING LIGHT INFLUENCING FACTOR ON THE BASIC FORM AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS IN BROADSTOCK'S FIRST SYMPHONY LesJeigh Karen Thompson, B.Mus. (Mel b.), A.Mus.A. Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Music The University of Melbourne 1994 11 THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE FACULTY OF MUSIC TO WHOMMAY IT CONCERN This is to certify that the thesis presented by me for the deg ee of r of Music comprises only my original work except where Master dll� acknowledgment is made in the text to all other material lIsL'd. #'7"""""�....... " ........ ............ Sign<lturc: . in rull: . N'1I11l' L.e::-4Clr.lL/...k/.(�N.... .......... .3 . I )ate: 1 /.2?.8Af.{d .I"l9.4t- .................... III ABSTRACT A study of Broadstock's first symphony, Toward the Shining Light directed fr om an analytical perspective. The composer is greatly inspired by the use of evocative titles, which provide him with images and symbols that can be translated into musical ter ms. Believing that his music must reflect his own personal social concerns, Broadstock entrusts expression of the most pressing of these to the symphonic genre; a genre he considers profound, and wanting to make some sor t of statement. Toward llie Shining Light relates both autobiographically and biog raphically to the birth of the his son Matthew in 1983, and the gradual realisation of the severity of the child's ha ndicap. The work is deeply personal and powerfully communicative, reflecting Broadstock's concern for the injustice of human ineqll<llity, and his struggle to accept, if not understand his son's condition. Evidence is drawn from the score in support of the contention tha t Broadstock used the title, together with its extra­ musical significance, to influence his choice of basic form; and that this in turn affected the nature of the thematic material employed and associated structural components (namely treatment of large-scale ha rmonic structure, texture orchestration and density -, dynamics, tempi, general rhythmic activity, and tessitura). viii 129 pages, 18 figures, 18 examples, 6 + appendices, bibliography. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Much gratitude is extended to: Dr Christopher Mark for his invaluable guidance and the generosity of time devoted as my supervisor; Dr Brenton Broadstock, for his guidance and interviews in the early stages of research, and of course, for writing Toward the Shining Light; Dr Kerry Murphy, for her encouragment and guidance in the early stages of research, especially with respect to style i Professor Warren Bebbington, and Associate Professor John Griffiths, for their support during my candidature; and Garry Thompson, whose patience, time, and expertise in Me graphics, helped convert thousands of inert figures into topographical, and arch form representations. - v TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration 11 Abstract iii Acknowledgments IV Contents v Figures Vll In trod llction 1 Part One The Link between Title 7 and Basic Form Chapter 1.1 Background to the title, 7 and the social and personal concerns behind it Chapter The Basic Form 1.2 10 Part Two The Link between Title, 19 Basic Form and Thematic Material Chapter The Thematic Material 2 19 Employed Part Three The Associated Structural 43 Components Chapter Treatment of Large-Scale 3 43 Harmonic Structure VI Chapter 4 Texture - Orchestration 55 and Density Chapter 5.1 Dynamic Change 61 Chapter Tempi 5.2 64 Chapter 5.3 General Rh ythmic 66 Activity Chapter 5.4 Tessitura 68 Chapter 6 Conclusion 70 Appendix 1 Biography and List of 74 Awards Appendix 2 Lis t of Works 79 Appendix 3 Discography 83 Appendix 4 Publications 85 Appendix 86 5.1 Summary of Analysis Appendix 5.2 Analysis of Thematic 90 Material Append ix 6 Transcription of Interview 122 Bibliography ......... ......................................... 128 vii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Toward the Shining Light: 9 Pictorial representation of the metaphorical associations within the title Figure 2 Toward the Shining Light: Arch 11 form representation of the major sections in the basic form, by bar numbers Figure 3 Toward 'he Shining Light: Arch 12 form representation of the major sections in the basic form, in real time (seconds) Figure 4 Toward 'he Shining Ligilt: Arch 14 form representation of the major sections, segments, and parts by bar numbers Figure Ihe Shining Light: 15 5 Toward Arch form representation of the major sections, segments, and parts, in re<l.l time (seconds) Figure 6.1 Toward the Shining Light: 21 Thematic network of organic development - main branches Figure 6.2 Toward the Shining Light: 23 Thematic network of organic development - theme and transformations v iii Figure 6.3 Toward the Shining Light: 31 Thematic network of organic development - counterpoint version and transformations Figure 6.4 Toward the Shining Light: 36 Thematic network of organic development - descending triplet version and transforma tions Figure 6.5 Toward the Shining Light: 39 Thematic network of organic development - four-note motive and transformations Figure 6.6 Toward the Shining Light: 40 Thematic network of organic development - rhythmic figure and transformations Figure 7 Toward th, Shining Light: 47 Topographical representation of the varying degrees of tension or release Figure Toward the Shining Ught: 57 8 Topographical diagram representing the number of instrumental parts employed in the texture Figure Toward l e Shining Ligllt: 58 9 t t Topographical diagram representing the orchestral distribution of the number of instrumental parts employed in the texture Figure Toward the Shining Light: 63 10 Topographical diagram representing the overall changes in dynamics ix gur 65 Fi e 11 Toward the Shining Light: Topographical diagram representing the tempo changes gu 67 Fi re 12 Toward the Shining Light: Topographical diagram representing the general rhythmic activity through durations employed Figure 13 Toward the Shining Light: 69 Topographical dia gram representing the overall tessitura employed, in relation to a piano keyboard Introduction Titles for works... are of paramount importance to me: Firstly, they provide the initial inspiration and motivation which excites me to compose and gives the process meaning, and secondly, they provide images and symbols which can be translated into musical terms. Without this extra-musical impetus I find the process of composition unsatisfying and frustrating. I Brenton Broadstock is not reserved in his use of evocative or colourful titles.' A glance at a list of his works (Appendix 2) will reveal this. Titles such as Aureole, Beast from Air, And No Birds Sing, Deserts Bloom ...Lakes Die, In Chains, and In the Silence of Night, have prompted audiences into perceiving his music beyond a purely abstract level. Broadstock's symphonies are certainly no exception. He has always associated the symphonic genre with "a musical work which is profound, which wants to make some sort of statement.") For a composer who believes his music must Brenton Omndstock. "S<x;iai Conscience as a Motivating Force in my Music" (Unpublished pnpcr, Mclboumc. 1992) 6·7. 2 For a brief hiography rcfer Appendix to I. 3 Speaking of Music:: A selection of talks from ABC Radio by eminent musicians, composers. and conductors (NSW: ABC Entcrprises, 1990) 213. 2 reflect his "own personal social conscience"4, that "it must seek out problems, concerns, inconsistencies and injustice in our contemporary existence and society, comment upon it, and mirror those concerns back to those who are willing to listen"5, it is not surprising that he should endow his symphonies with similarly descriptive titles, and entrust them to reflect some of his most pressing extra-musical concerns. Social conscience has manifested itself in many of Broa dstock's works since 1981. Beast from Air, And No Birds Sing, From the Skies, and Deserts Bloom ...Lakes Die, relate to a concern for the environment, and in particular, our pollution of it. Ch ins, All that is Solid, and Fahrenheit are concerned In a 451 with the concept of, and right for freedom, while In the Silence of Night and Giants in the Land explore loneliness. Broa dstock's greatest social concern, however, is for human weakness: "the welfare of those who are unable to achieve equality through no faul t of their own."6 It is this theme th at has been reserved for expression in possibly the most public and grand of instrumental genres: the symphony. Through its sheer size in texture, duration, force and diversity of instrumenta tion, and its demand for technical mastery and eloquence, the symphony indisputably commands the power to communica te something profound. Broa dstock's second symphony, Stars in a Dark Night, composed in 1989, is a personal expression about human beings and th eir frequent struggle with sanity and insanity.7 Its 4 "Social Conscience" Dromlslock, 4. "Social Conscience" 5 Droodslock, 4. "Social Conscience" 6 Droadslock, 1. 7 Speaking of Music: 214. 3 inspiration came from a book of letters by the English poet and composerl Ivar Gurney, and was fuelled by Broadstock's own experience of working as a music therapist in a psychiatric hospital. The third symphony, Voices from the Fire, continues this concern on a social level for those who suffer and have suffered, in expressing the horror and anguish associated with genocide.8 The fou h and most recent symphony, In a Brilliant Blaze, is rt considerably more optimistic in nature, but is still based firmly on social concerns: those of the challenge to reach and fulfil your own personal potential. Plans for a fifth symphony, based on inspiration from a text by the English poet Judith Woolf entitled Massacre of the Innocent, are in the making, and this work will reflect the social concern for women and children in war. It is, however, the first symphony, composed in 1988 and entitled Toward the Shining Light, which remains Broadstock's most powerfully communicative and deeply personal work.
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