Publication Date
2012-12-10
Availability
Open access
Embargo Period
2012-12-10
Degree Type
Doctoral Essay
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music Theory and Composition (Music)
Date of Defense
2012-11-13
First Committee Member
Lansing Mcloskey
Second Committee Member
Dennis Kam
Third Committee Member
Charles N. Mason
Fourth Committee Member
Melissa J. de Graaf
Abstract
Missa della Grande Transizione is a twenty-two minute electro-acoustic nuptial Mass for live processed voice, and stereographic video—using red-blue 3D glasses. The stereographic video backdrop was constructed with stereograms taken at a 1955 wedding in Marianao, Cuba. Missa focuses on the human aspect of the wedding-Mass ritual—praising God and one’s beloved for giving one love, pleading for God’s mercy and help in the face of uncertainty, and resigning oneself to have faith in love. In order to accomplish this goal, the text of the Mass Ordinary was supplemented with excerpts from Francesco Petrarca’s Canzoniere—a highly spiritual yet humanist masterwork of the middle ages composed of 366 poems (mostly about love, politics and fame) in archaic Italian. The vocalist, which is the only sound source in Missa, is sampled and processed in real-time by Max/MSP applications designed to turn one voice into a diverse assemblage of sonorities.
Keywords
electronic music; electro-acoustic music; multimedia composition; processed voice; stereographic video; new music
Recommended Citation
Seigido, Liza, "Missa Della Grande Transizione: For Live Processed Voice and Stereographic Video" (2012). Open Access Dissertations. 901.
https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/901
Ite Missa Est Application
Ite Missa Est Liza Seigido.mp4 (308490 kB)
Ite Missa Est Sample Performance