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THE BIRTH OF THE ETERNAL FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, PIANO AND PERCUSSION A DISSERTATION IN Music Composition Presented to the Faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS by TATEV AMIRYAN B.F.A., M.F.A., Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia, 2007 Kansas City, Missouri 2016 brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by University of Missouri: MOspace

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THE BIRTH OF THE ETERNAL

FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, PIANO AND PERCUSSION

A DISSERTATION IN

Music Composition

Presented to the Faculty of the University

of Missouri-Kansas City in partial fulfillment of

the requirements for the degree

DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS

by

TATEV AMIRYAN

B.F.A., M.F.A., Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia, 2007

Kansas City, Missouri

2016

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provided by University of Missouri: MOspace

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© 2016

TATEV AMIRYAN

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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THE BIRTH OF THE ETERNAL

FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, PIANO AND PERCUSSION

Tatev Amiryan

Candidate for the Doctoral of Musical Arts Degree

University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016

ABSTRACT

The Birth of the Eternal is a one-movement composition for string orchestra, piano and

percussion. It is written as a centennial commemoration of the 1915 Armenian Genocide and

honors the memory of the victims of the Genocide. The piece symbolizes rebirth and revival and

accentuates the power of belief. The main aspects that contribute to the realization of the idea of

the piece are its instrumentation, form, harmonic language and texture. In the piece, instrumental

timbres play specific roles in regard to the message of remembering. The chimes, representing

church bells, symbolize the undying memory of the martyrs of the Genocide. The static nature

and the stretched sounds of the string section aim to create a feeling of the eternal and work in

combination with the chimes. The piano serves as a narrator and through this part I express my

own feelings and look to the past. The vibraphone aims to create a feeling of spiritual awakening

in combination with the strings. It also supports the narrative function of the piano.

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The piece has a sectional, sequential structure that is similar to liturgy. The absence of

contrasts and dramatic conflict is explained by the spiritual nature of the composition. The

musical language is tonal and is based mostly on minor keys. A major key is established for the

first time only at the very end of the piece, thus highlighting its main concept – moving through

darkness to light. The texture is mostly light, transparent and ethereal, in accordance with the

main message of the composition.

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APPROVAL PAGE

The faculty listed below, appointed by the Dean of the Conservatory of Music and Dance,

have examined a dissertation titled “The Birth of the Eternal,” presented by Tatev Amiryan,

candidate for the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree, and certify that in their opinion it is worthy of

acceptance.

Supervisory Committee

Dr. Chen Yi, D.M.A., Committee Chair

Conservatory of Music and Dance

Dr. Zhou Long, D.M.A.

Conservatory of Music and Dance

Dr. James Mobberley, D.M.A.

Conservatory of Music and Dance

Dr. William Everett, Ph.D.

Conservatory of Music and Dance

Dr. Mara Gibson, Ph.D.

Conservatory of Music and Dance

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CONTENTS

ABSTRACT.............................................................................................................................iii

INSTRUMENTATION..........................................................................................................vii

PROGRAM NOTES…..........................................................................................................viii

THE BIRTH OF THE ETERNAL............................................................................................1

VITA……...............................................................................................................................17

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INSTRUMENTATION:

Percussion (one player):

Vibraphone, Chimes

Piano

Strings:

Violin I (12)

Violin II (10)

Viola (8)

Cello (6)

Double Bass (4)

Duration: 16 min.

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PROGRAM NOTES

In 1915 the Ottoman Turks massacred 1.5 million Armenians. The Ottoman

government’s systematic extermination of its own non-Turkish and non-Muslim minority is

marked in history as the Armenian Genocide; in fact, the very word "genocide" was coined to

describe this particular event and the intentions behind it.

As time passed, even after a hundred years, the pain of such an immense human loss

remains alive among the Armenian people, a pain that they carry in their blood from generation

to generation.

Having survived this attempt at extermination in 1915, the Armenian people today also

mark that year as a time of revival. Much like the myth of the Phoenix, this dark page in history

gave a new birth, and a new life to the Armenian people, who proved their great strength and

resilience. It also established a stronger belief among Armenians in their ability to endure.

This piece is a musical tribute to my perished ancestors. It is also a look back to this

most tragic period of Armenian history from a descendent of Genocide survivors and from a

twenty-first century perspective. My work is also a call for peace, with a hope that atrocities of

this kind will never again happen anywhere in the world.

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TATEV AMIRYAN

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œ# œ œœ

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œ œ œ .œ# œ œ œ

œ œ œ .œ œ œ œ

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≈ Rœ ‰ ‰ .

Rœ r

œfl

≈ ‰ Œ

div.

div.

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cresc.

cresc.

cresc.

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Vla.

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D.B.

134

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3

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3

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f

f

f

f

f

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3

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139

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rit.

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p

p

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p

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div.

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°

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æ

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div.

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Vln. II

149œ ˙

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æ˙æ

wæ wæ

wæœæ

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Ͼ

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Pno.

159

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Vla.

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D.B.

Pno.

179

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P

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Vla.

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D.B.

Pno.

183

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œ œ

≈ .Jœ .œ œ# .œ œ# œ

- œ œ œ .œ#

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œ œ œ œ# œ .œ

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˙ ˙

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Vln. II

Vla.

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D.B.

Pno.

187

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œ œ

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div.

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Vla.

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D.B.

Pno.

191

≈ .jœ> œ .œ> œ .œ> œ .œ>

œ œœ œ œ#

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œ œ# œ .œ# Jœ

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œ-œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ-

œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ˙ ˙

˙- ˙

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div.

œ œ> œ œ> œ œ> œ œ>

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œ

œ-œ œ œ œ# œ œ

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œ œ œ œ œ œ œ˙ ˙

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Vla.

Vc.

D.B.

Pno.

195

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Ó

.œœ œ œ

œ# œ œ#œ œ œ œ

œœ œ œ# œ œ œ œn

œœ œœ# - œœ œœ- œœ œœn - œœ# - œœ

3

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œ# œ œœœ#

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.

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.

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rit.

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ww

w.œ œ .˙

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Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

D.B.

Pno.

204

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‰ jœ-

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VITA

Tatev Amiryan is a composer and pianist devoted to exploring the sounds of her

native Armenian homeland. With compositions ranging from vocal, instrumental,

chamber to symphonic, her music utilizes space, stretching structural expectations and

pulling from her love of improvisational performance, typical of much of the folk music

she grew up with. Her music has been performed in the United States, Armenia, Russia,

England, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Japan by such renowned

ensembles and performers as Carpe Diem String Quartet, Ensemble Oktoplus,

Metropolitan Choral of Kansas City, pianists Jeffrey Jacob, Artur Avanesov, Hayk

Melikyan and thereminist Thorwald Jørgensen.

Ms. Amiryan has received such awards as the 1st prize at the Armenian Allied

Arts 71st Annual Composition Competition, the UMKC Conservatory Chamber Music

Composition Competition, and the Metropolitan Chorale of Kansas City’s Chorale

Composition Contest. In 2013 she was commissioned a piece by North German Radio

NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk which was premiered by Ensemble Octoplus in

Hannover, Germany in 2014. In 2016 Ms. Amiryan was awarded the 2nd Prize at New

Ariel Recordings Fifth International Piano Composition Competition and her piece

“Tristesse” was chosen to be recorded by American pianist Jeffrey Jacob as a part of his

American piano music album which was released in 2016. In April 2016, she released her

first album of piano compositions performed by Armenian pianist, Honored Artist of

Armenia Hayk Melikyan.

Ms. Amiryan was a recipient of the Dr. Carolann S. Najarian Scholarship from the

Armenian International Women’s Association, the AGBU Performing Arts Fellowship

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from the Armenian General Benevolent Union and the Women’s Council GAF Award

from University of Missouri-Kansas City Women’s Council.

She has performed extensively in Armenia and in different parts of the United

States, both her own music and pieces from classical and contemporary repertoire, and

piano improvisations. She has presented lectures and lecture-recitals at a number of

international conferences and festivals in the United States and in Europe, including

Women in the Arts International Conference at University of Missouri-St. Louis, Women

Composers Festival of Hartford at Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, London

International Piano Symposium at the Royal College of Music, the 12th Annual Hawaii

International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Honolulu, Hawaii, USF New Music

International Festival at the University of South Florida and the 3rd Hildegard Festival of

Women in The Arts at California State University in Stanislaus. She also presented

lectures and lecture-recitals as a guest composer at Florida State University in

Tallahassee and at the University of Connecticut, UConn, and as an artist in residence at

Southern Connecticut State University.

Ms. Amiryan holds bachelor’s and a master’s degrees in composition and

musicology from Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Armenia, and currently she is

pursuing her doctoral degree from University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of

Music and Dance. Her principal teachers have included Aram Satyan, Ashot Zohrabyan,

Chen Yi, Zhou Long, and James Mobberley.