Dept. of Music - Master's degree
Recent Submissions
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Conducting Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony: structural deconstruction, core emotions and their correlation with conductorial grammar
(Bilkent University, 2022-08)This Thesis presents a musical analysis as well as a conducting guide on the performance and interpretation of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The methodology follows a deconstruction of two contrasting movements ... -
The Tchaikovsky violin concerto: revisions and repertoire for performance technique
(Bilkent University, 2022-07)This thesis deals with the Violin Concerto D major op.35, which was composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (d. 1893) in 1878 and is regarded by performers as a virtuosic rather than a symphonic concerto. A scholarly research ... -
A review of spatial auditory scene assessment approaches
(Bilkent University, 2022-08)The state-of-the-art research in sound technologies is now increasingly focused on augmented reality systems, which use spatial auditory content to represent information beyond that encountered in the real world. Successful ... -
Beyond reduced listening: understanding the phenomenology of Pierre Schaeffer
(Bilkent University, 2022-07)Pierre Schaeffer has produced a large body of work that consists of both music and a wide-ranging theory for the aesthetics of Musique Concrète. In his Traité Des Objets Musicaux (1966), he lays out a philosophical framework ... -
Texture and form in Beat Furrer’s music: an analysis of Presto, and A due
(Bilkent University, 2021-03)Frequently used techniques between the compositions of one specific composer can cause recognizability. It is conceivable to tie compositions to their creator by detecting similar compositional approaches or certain specific ... -
Musical structure analysis, conducting and interpretation guide to Halmammedov Symphony No.1
(Bilkent University, 2020-12)This thesis provides musical structure analysis and conductorial guidance on the performance and interpretation of Nury Halmammedov’s Symphony No.1. The methodology follows deconstruction of the work from macro structures ... -
The uncanny valley in contemporary music
(Bilkent University, 2020-06)The uncanny valley theory explores the particular disturbance felt towards an entity in relation to the degree of human-likeness that is portrayed through that entity’s anthropomorphic traits. Although the concept initially ... -
Spatial audio reproduction techniques and their application to musical composition: the analysis of “wunderkammer”, “point-instant” and “hollow”
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)The use of space is considered as a structural part of a musical composition. The developments in the spatial audio reproduction technology has changed the way we perceive the sound. So, it is inevitable to put emphasis ... -
Syntactic versus semantic stand: analysis of Jonty Harrison’s Klang and Surface Tension
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)During the 1980s and 1990s, English electroacoustic music composer Jonty Harrison (1952-) composed a series of tape pieces and collected them in an album called ´Evidence mat´erielle in 2000. In this thesis, two pieces, ... -
About the artistic and performing features of violin works of Gara Garayev
(Bilkent University, 2019-05)Garayev’s unique talents of music opened a new page in Azerbaijan’s music of 20th century. He adapted an untypical way of making music in which he was able to combine the traditional and the modern type. There are several ...
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