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Abstract
This project aims to bridge my several musical worlds and influences together into a body of work, informed by creative and analytical research. It includes a collection of original compositions as well as arrangements of traditional melodies, each exploring a different approach to the fusion of Persian & Kurdish music with contemporary western music and jazz. It is an exploration of “in- betweenness,” of belonging to many cultures and worlds. The concepts utilized include: use of harmony in arrangements of traditional eastern melodies, approaches to harmony in the composition of modal music, the use of intervals as a central compositional technique and approaches to building melodies from a traditional versus contemporary approach, such as using vamps, ostinatos, basslines, and counterpoint melodies in arrangements and as compositional material, use of odd-meters in traditional and contemporary music, musical textures such as monophony, heterophony, and polyphony, and the exploration of different uses of the voice as an instrument in cross-cultural settings. The ideas created in this body of work can be utilized in other forms of mixed-genre music, and the alinear creative process that guided each work can be used both as a reflection and inspiration for new works.
Publication Date
7-1-2023
Campus
Valencia (Spain) Campus
Keywords
Creative Project, Modal music, Cross-cultural, Composition, Persian music
Award
With Distinction
Recommended Citation
Sasson, Elana. “Yad-e Vattan: Memories of a Homeland.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2023. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-contemporary-performance/246.