An Orchestration for Wind Band of Peter Klatzow's From the Poets: Exploring a systematic approach to orchestration.

[摘要] The wind band is a far underused composition medium in South Africa. Partially, this is due to thestereotypical view towards the ensemble and unfamiliarity with dealing with the heterogeneoustimbral pallet. The author aimed to demonstrate the ensemble's capabilities through a systematicorchestration process. The result of this dissertation is an orchestration of a large-scale work, Fromthe Poets, for wind band.This creative research resulted in a systematic critical investigation of instrumental idiosyncrasies,balance, conventions of notation and timbre combinations found in the wind band. Furthermore,the author scrutinised the benefits and shortcomings of the aforementioned systematic process.Concluding that, through a methodical process, an orchestrator achieves a thorough understandingof the original text and can thus translate without fear of making unfavourable musical decisions.However, as this was a two-year process, the method might not work in the time constraintspresented in real world situations, such as the music industry for instance. The author providespossible adaptations to the method in order to cope with the above-mentioned time constraints.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University