| dc.description.abstract | This document contains the complete musical score for Symphony No. 1, an original composition in four movements for symphonic orchestra. At the highest level this symphony uses the Golden Section as a general template for the proportions of each movement in relation to each other and to the whole. On a lower level the movements are organized using sonata, theme and variations, march, and rondo forms. Tonal center motion within and between movements provides a further level of organization, providing a sense of progression on a local level (within movements) and establishing F major as the main key of the entire symphony. Thematic restatement is used as both a unifying and developmental technique; themes restated within movements provide opportunities for development, while their reappearances in other movements help to unify the composition. Although the symphony is highly structured it remains musically flexible and expressive because a strict adherence to a pre-planned organization was not enforced; phrase lengths were freely altered as dictated by the composer`s intuition. The result is a symphony that is organized to produce cohesion on multiple levels while retaining a sense of musical flexibility at the local level. | |
