College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-04 07:37:57
Major
Music
Honors Course
7500:498
Number of Credits
2
Degree Name
Bachelor of Music
Date of Expected Graduation
Fall 2021
Abstract
This honors project is for an analysis paper based on one movement of an original music composition by the author in the realm of environmental sound art. The movement, entitled “Fall” from the Symphony of Nature, consists of hundreds of individual audio recordings of specific animals (such as an American Crow, Carolina Ground Cricket, and Gray Catbird), groups of animals (such as a choir of Ground Crickets, a murder of crows, and so forth), or geophonic sounds (such as a light rain on dry leaves, a several-miles-distant thunderstorm, or mid-to-high range audio spectrum wind). The analysis paper includes the rationale behind selecting the project, the processes through which it was composed and the score assembled, an analysis of the composition, and a description of its dissemination. Further, it will explore possible future applications of the idea and the implications it contains for music, the environment, and ecomusicology.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Brooks Toliver
First Reader
Dr. Robert Brownlow
Second Reader
Dr. James Wilding
Honors Faculty Advisor
Kevin Lewis
Recommended Citation
Cooper, Davis, "Symphony of Nature: "Fall"" (2021). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1289.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1289