Developing a compositional style intergrating Patah Lagu Melayu and a western approach to music composition (IR)

The author is a Malay student of music composition who researched his personal development as a composer by bringing together the traditions of his own Malay culture and traditions of Western composition techniques with his personal philosophical world-view. To represent the Malay-ness of his voice,...

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Main Author: Wan Mohd Syaril Annuar Wan Mohd Harith
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Published: 2017
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spelling oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:47662020-02-27 Developing a compositional style intergrating Patah Lagu Melayu and a western approach to music composition (IR) 2017 Wan Mohd Syaril Annuar Wan Mohd Harith MT Musical instruction and study The author is a Malay student of music composition who researched his personal development as a composer by bringing together the traditions of his own Malay culture and traditions of Western composition techniques with his personal philosophical world-view. To represent the Malay-ness of his voice, the author examined and identified examples of patah lagu Melayu, the ornamentation employed in lagu asli, a type of Malay syncretic music. The examples of patah lagu Melayu were uncovered through score analysis, aural analysis and personal one-to-one interviews. The author’s philosophical world-view is Muslim. The daily practice of being a Muslim, which acknowledges a power greater than him, Allah S.W.T, is a guiding force in the author’s life. To grow the author’s artistic voice, the identified elements of the patah lagu Melayu and the sacred text of Islam were then interpreted and embedded into five new music compositions: Pujian, Dhikr Asli, Asli Row, Saxoasli and Takdir. These pieces harness many of the Malay and Muslim characteristics, whilst at the same time using Western compositional techniques to produce a neoteric music. The characteristics of Malay and Islamic philosophies can be clearly heard in the composition created. A collection of audio files and hard data in written form is part of the research findings. The author’s compositional voice has evolved and expanded as an outcome of the research. 2017 thesis https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=4766 https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=4766 text eng closedAccess Masters Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Fakulti Muzik dan Seni Persembahan N/A
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Wan Mohd Syaril Annuar Wan Mohd Harith
Developing a compositional style intergrating Patah Lagu Melayu and a western approach to music composition (IR)
description The author is a Malay student of music composition who researched his personal development as a composer by bringing together the traditions of his own Malay culture and traditions of Western composition techniques with his personal philosophical world-view. To represent the Malay-ness of his voice, the author examined and identified examples of patah lagu Melayu, the ornamentation employed in lagu asli, a type of Malay syncretic music. The examples of patah lagu Melayu were uncovered through score analysis, aural analysis and personal one-to-one interviews. The author’s philosophical world-view is Muslim. The daily practice of being a Muslim, which acknowledges a power greater than him, Allah S.W.T, is a guiding force in the author’s life. To grow the author’s artistic voice, the identified elements of the patah lagu Melayu and the sacred text of Islam were then interpreted and embedded into five new music compositions: Pujian, Dhikr Asli, Asli Row, Saxoasli and Takdir. These pieces harness many of the Malay and Muslim characteristics, whilst at the same time using Western compositional techniques to produce a neoteric music. The characteristics of Malay and Islamic philosophies can be clearly heard in the composition created. A collection of audio files and hard data in written form is part of the research findings. The author’s compositional voice has evolved and expanded as an outcome of the research.
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title Developing a compositional style intergrating Patah Lagu Melayu and a western approach to music composition (IR)
title_short Developing a compositional style intergrating Patah Lagu Melayu and a western approach to music composition (IR)
title_full Developing a compositional style intergrating Patah Lagu Melayu and a western approach to music composition (IR)
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