towards silos and smokestacks for Orchestra

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dc.contributor.advisorLavenda, Richarden_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAl-Zand, Karimen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrandt, Anthony K.en_US
dc.creatorJenkins, Dereken_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-16T15:15:13Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-16T15:15:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-09-16T15:15:13Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-09-16T15:15:15Zen_US
dc.date.created2013-05en_US
dc.date.issued2013-09-16en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2013en_US
dc.date.updated2013-09-16T15:15:15Zen_US
dc.description.abstracttowards silos and smokestacks takes its name from the Silos and Smokestacks Heritage Area. In 1996, the northeast third of Iowa became a federally designated heritage area to pass on the story of American agriculture to younger generations. I spent much of my childhood growing up in Iowa. On my many trips through the state, two contrary aspects in the surrounding landscape caught my fascination. First, there are the vast cornfields that expand outwards for miles fading off beyond the horizon. Second, this countryside is home to countless grain silos and billowing smokestacks of small Midwestern cities. These monoliths can be seen miles away like small islands within Iowa’s rolling agricultural oceans. As I drew closer to these structures, they would slowly grow into colossal pillars giving a vertical, albeit fleeting, dimension to the scenery before disappearing once again into the distance. This piece is an attempt to juxtapose this sense of vastness and the monoliths that interrupt the sprawling “amber waves of grain” through the use of spatial aspects and ever expanding register.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationJenkins, Derek. "towards silos and smokestacks for Orchestra." (2013) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71969">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71969</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.slug123456789/ETD-2013-05-290en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/71969en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectMaster of music thesisen_US
dc.subjectOrchestraen_US
dc.subjectOrchestra scoreen_US
dc.subjectMusic Compositionen_US
dc.titletowards silos and smokestacks for Orchestraen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMusicen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Musicen_US
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