Cooper, Paul2009-06-042009-06-041991Nytch, Jeffrey Curtis. "Novas. (Original composition);." (1991) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13558">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13558</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13558Novas is a work for orchestra which attempts to portray unbounded energy. It is not in any sense a programmatic work about novas. It is, however, about the energy in such things as novas. Similar energy is exhibited, on a much smaller scale, in things such as a seed sprouting forth. It is no less a revolutionary event for the seed sprouting as it is for the star going nova. The nature of the energy is the same: outward-directed, unbound, exuberant, transforming. This piece attempts to portray, through various musical lenses, the numerous guises of this energy which is present throughout the cosmos.97 p.application/pdfengCopyright 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.MusicThesisTHESIS MUSIC 1991 NYTCH