Date of Award
1996
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music
First Advisor
Herndon Spillman
Abstract
Naji Hakim is one of the most talented Lebanese composers of the latter half of the twentieth century residing in France. His prolific output includes works for varied media including organ solos, organ duos, chamber music for varied instrument and voice combinations, guitar quartets, orchestral works, and oratorios. The goal of this study is to examine the compositional techniques used by the composer in five of his major published works for solo organ written between 1983 and 1993. The compositions chosen are Memor, Rubaiyat, Hommage a Igor Stravinsky, The Embrace of Fire and Symphonie en Trois Mouvements. Hakim's use of traditional formal structures, modified traditional formal structures, ostinati, modal scales, Gregorian chant, mathematical formulae, hocket techniques, quotation techniques, cyclical techniques, and minimalist techniques were investigated, and similarities to some of his contemporaries as well as older composers are discussed. The study concludes with a summary of the analysis and inferences drawn by the researcher.
Recommended Citation
Davis, Hope Alysia, "An Examination of Compositional Techniques in Selected Organ Solo Compositions of Naji Hakim." (1996). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 6306.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/6306
ISBN
9780591204148
Pages
118
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.6306