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1 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI Date:_05/18/07 I, _Christoher_Andrew Stark, hereby submit this work as art of the requirements for the degree of: Master of Music in: Comosition It is entitled: Architextures This work and its defense aroved by: Chair: _Joel Homan Mara Helmuth Michael Fiday

2 Thesis submitted: May 18, 2007 Previous Degree: Bachelor of Music in Comosition and Technology, University of Montana Degree to be conferred: Master of Music in Comosition Division of Comosition, Musicology, and Theory College-Conservatory of Music Committee Chair: Joel Homan

3 Abstract Architextures was written in resonse to three buildings I encountered on my road tri from Montana to Ohio in the summer of The first movement is exactly '0" long, corresonding with the time it takes for the large mechanical "wings" on to of the Milwaukee Art Museum to oe The art museum was designed by the famous sanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The second movement attemts to deict the sterile laboratories and raucous nature of Frank Gehry's Vontz Center for Molecular Studies on the University of Cincinnati camus. Gehry has always considered himself outside of the academic world, and inside the oular culture. I tried to reresent this vision with eisodes reflecting my love of hard rock and heavy metal. The third movement is based on one of Frank Lloyd Wright's many masterieces the Johnson Foundation's home and conference center, Wingsread. The movement is built around the flickering of a single itch, much like the house is built around a central lantern-like structure. I use quotes from Bach, Mahler and the rock band Exlosions in the Sky. Bach reresents the monumental nature of Wright's work, Mahler reresents the emotional deth of the house and Exlosions in the Sky reresent the desire for simle and elegant beauty that can be shared by all eole. The comosition was insired by my emotional attachment to these buildings. My father is a builder, and I cannot hel but feel a iece of home in all of these structures.

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5 Table of Contents I. Brise Soleil 1 II. Center for Molecular Studies 7 III. Wingsread 21

6 Piano 1 2 Cue 1 Initiates tae art & amlification with reverb of all instruments. Slow and steady, strict time (q = 60) Architextures I. Brise-Soleil Giant wings oening over Lake Michiga.. always Reverse iano samles. Piano samles. 1) C drone 2) randomly generated flange filters using high artials of low C drone. cresc. Christoher Stark 5 T. 1 T. 2 exressively* m (cresc.) 9 Mar. T. 1 T. 2 exressively* m (cresc.) 1 exressively* - cresc. & decresc. very subtley ad lib. never more than or less than.

7 Vl 1 exressively* m Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) Fl. 17 exressively* m Vl Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) 2

8 Fl. 21 Vl Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) Fl. 25 Vl Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.)

9 Fl. 29 Vl Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) Fl. Vl Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) 4

10 Fl. Vl 7 II Mar. I T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) Fl. 41 Vl Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) 5

11 Fl. 45 Vl Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) Fl. 49 ATTACCA II. Vl Mar. T. 1 T. 2 (cresc.) 6 f f

12 Piccolo Violin Cello Cue 2 - Automated Amlification of all instruments o. Sterile (q = 52) move to iccolo sul A II. Center for Molecular Studies The comuter is a tool, not a artner... sul C ont. whistle tones, freely norm. ont. norm. sul E sul D Pic. Vl 6 simile oss. always ont. norm. sul A Pic. Vl 11 on the bridge, no vib. sul A, norm. simile sul C ont. 7

13 Pic. 17 Vl IV on the bridge, no vib. III, norm. Cue Initiates tae art & amlification with reverb of all instruments. Exlosive aftermath, nervous (q = 60) Pic. 22 f Vl Slightly bend itch u and down every x a quarter tone on string I. f f B.D., Tam-tam, Hi Wood Block f 5 Distorted iano samle "exlosions" & high iercing microtonal waveshae instrument. 8

14 Pic. 24 Vl Sto itch bend II I II B.D. III IV III II I Pic. Vl 26 cresc. II sfz III IV III sfz II I II III Tam-tam 9

15 Pic. Vl 28 Move to II, III chromatic trill sfz chromatic trill sfz IV III II I II III IV III Pic. Vl 0 f f f f f no vib. sfz whistle tones, freely IV Sus. Cym. Low waveshae instrument. m 10

16 Pic. Vl 4 m IV III IV Low reed instrument samles with heavy distortio Pic. Vl 8 simile l.v. Tom-toms 11

17 Pic. 42 Vl 6 6 II II 6 6 f Pic. Vl 44 III III 6 6 f

18 Pic. 46 f f cresc. cresc. Pic. Vl 48 cresc. IV cresc. cresc. 1 cresc.

19 Pic. 51 Vl sub. sub. L.H. Pic. Vl 54 Cue 4 Initiates distortion on entire ensemble. With atomic energy! (q = 120) f f f Break Drum, Floor Toms f sfz sfz f f f f sfz sfz sfz f f f f 14 f

20 Pic. Vl 58 Hi-Hat Break Drum Electronic Drum kit samles. m m m Hi-Hat Vl 62 sub. m sub. m B.D. m edal accents m 15

21 Pic. Vl 66 f f f f f f ((f) norm. Pic. Vl 69 f 16 L.H.

22 Pic. 72 Vl Kick Drum B.D. Vl 76 (f) 17

23 Pic. Vl 80 Heavy metal! f oss. Kick Drum Hi-Hat f oss. Snare Drum rimshots Break Drum Synth Bass & Elec. Drum Kit samles. Pic. Vl 84 marcato, as harsh as oss. f oss. 18

24 Pic. 88 Vl f oss. Pic. Vl Meltdow.. 92 Hi & Low Sus. Cymbals Tam-tam Tom-toms 19

25 Pic. Vl 96 Pic. 100 Waveshae instrument enters. Randomly generated enveloes on given itches every x. cresc. move to flute Cue 5 Distortion o. ATTACCA III. 24" Vl 24" 24" 24" 24" (cresc.) 24" 24" 20 m

26 Cue 6 - Automated The note D enters in tae art, marking the start of Mvmt. III. Coortable (q = 60) Waveshae inst., simile on given itches. III. Wingsread...because sread its wings, it would. 12" 1" - Peking Oera Cymbal samles. () 16" Vl Cue 7 Initiates reverb and live granular snythesis on entire ensemble. 29" - Piano enters... Das walt' Gott Vater und Gott Sohn The revailing God the Father and God the Son rubato, bell-like quality, divinely insired edal ad lib. always edal until next entrance Fl. Vl Imrovise inside steel drum on given D's and o notes (X's). Try to maintain a steady 16th note ulse. Examle imrov. indicated. cresc. 21

27 Fl. sub. Vl sub. sub. simile Fl. Vl sul tasto sub. sub. Imrov. on two tam-tams (large/medium) kee constant x note rhythm. Change osition of attack on each stroke. Peking Oera Cymbal Exits. 22

28 Fl. sub. Vl f simile Fl. exressively* Vl norm. sul tasto Simile inside steel drum. Peking Oera Cymbal enters. 2

29 Fl. Vl Fl. Vl exressively* exressively* 24

30 Fl. Vl Fl. Vl 25

31 Cue 8 Fade out ensemble amlificatio Fl. 8" 12" oss. Vl oss. oss. 8" 8" Peking Oera Cymbal exits. 8" 12" 8" 12" 8" A drone exits. 8" 12" 12" 12" 26