Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Orchestral music; Orchestral music--Scores; Academic theses;
Abstract
Prairie Idyll is an orchestra composition scored for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and trumpets in pairs, four horns, percussion, harp, and medium-sized string section. The availability of exceptional solo players in the first performances encouraged virtuosic writing in many of the parts. The work developed as a musical interpretation of the Cedar Hills Sand Prairie, a small, protected virgin patch of prairie in Black Hawk County, Iowa. The landscape inspired the moods that run through the piece, as well as the asynchronous and layered rhythmic devices employed throughout.
Year of Submission
1989
Degree Name
Master of Music
Department
School of Music
First Advisor
Peter Michaelides
Second Advisor
Ronald Johnson
Third Advisor
Lathon Jernigan
Object Description
1 PDF file (8 leaves)
Copyright
©1989 Peter Hamlin
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hamlin, Peter, "Prairie Idyll: An Original Composition for Orchestra" (1989). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2838.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2838
