Date of Award
Fall 12-2009
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music
Committee Chair
John Wooton
Committee Chair Department
Music
Committee Member 2
Joseph Brumbeloe
Committee Member 2 Department
Music
Committee Member 3
Thomas Fraschillo
Committee Member 3 Department
Music
Committee Member 4
Edward Hafer
Committee Member 4 Department
Music
Committee Member 5
Richard Perry
Committee Member 5 Department
Music
Abstract
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic has been an active performer and composer since the late 1970s. He is the closest modern percussionists have to the tradition of the virtuosocomposer from the Romantic period. He holds degrees in composition, music theory, and percussion performance. His music merits study based on the fact that he is an accomplished marimbist who composes at the instrument. This lends to his music a uniquely idiomatic quality. The two works presented in this treatise span almost twenty years of the composer's thirty-year career. The unifying element in both works is that they feature a marimba soloist as the catalyst for the compositions. The soloist is accompanied by two different settings for each respective piece; a classical orchestral instrumentation for Concerto no. 1, and a small wind ensemble for Tales from the Center of the Earth. This paper will examine and compare the form, harmonic structure, rhythmic elements, and technical challenges found in these two works. The ultimate purpose is to provide insights into Zivkovic's music for performers.
Copyright
2009, Jefferson Lavelle Grant III
Recommended Citation
Grant, Jefferson Lavelle III, "Comparative Analysis of Representative Marimba Works by Nebojsa Jo Van Zivkovic" (2009). Dissertations. 1011.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1011