The rhythmic complexity in Percussion Study II by Arthur Kampela

Authors

  • Daniel Vargas Coelho Paraná School of Music and Fine Arts (EMBAP) (Brazil)

Keywords:

New Complexity, Complex rhythms, Avant-garde, Composition and performance

Abstract

This article discusses the use of complex rhythmic structures, such as tuplets within triplets in piece Percussion Study II, of 1993, by the Brazilian composer Arthur Kampela. In some cases, it will be shown notational procedures of complex writing by British composer Brian Ferneyhoug. This article proposes a discussion about this peculiar writing in Percussion Study II and finally there will be shown the complex script from the standpoint of other composers such as Pierre Boulez, and from this vision, will be offered other possibilities notational Percussion in Study II.

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Author Biography

Daniel Vargas Coelho, Paraná School of Music and Fine Arts (EMBAP) (Brazil)

Guitarist and composer, student of Bachelor of Guitar at the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná (EMBAP), he has already been a FAPEMIG scholar of scientific initiation. He participated in a guitar quartet with Fábio Adour, with presentations in Belo Horizonte (UFMG's conservatory) and in Ouro Preto (UFOP). As a soloist he performed at the Ouro Preto and Marina Winter Festival. Also, along with the composer and guitarist Arthur Kampela performed at the International Guitar Festival of Belo Horizonte, (FIV year V, 2010).

References

BORTZ, Graziela. Rhythm in the Music of Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, and Arthur Kampela: A Guide for Performers. New York: Graduate School and University Center of CUNY, 2003. (Tese de doutorado).

__________. Modulação micrométrica na música de Arthur Kampela. Per Musi, Belo Horizonte, nº13, p.85-99, Jan/Jun. 2006.

BOULEZ, Pierre. Pierre Boulez no Studio PANaroma. In: Flo Menezes, Música Maximalista: ensaios sobre a música radical e especulativa. São Paulo: Editora UNESP, 2006. Entrevista concedida a Flo Menezes.

FERNEYHOUGH, Brian. Adagissimo para Quarteto de Cordas. Partitura. London: Peters, 1985.

KAMPELA, Arthur. Micro-Metric Modulation: New Directions in the Theory of Complex Rhythms. New York: Columbia University, 1998. (Tese de doutorado)

__________. “A Knife All Blade: Deciding the Side Not to Take”. Current Musicology, New York, n°. 67- 68, p.167-193, Fall-winter 1999.

__________. Estudo Percussivo II, para violão solo. Partitura. Manuscrito do autor, 1993.

__________. Estudo Percussivo III, para violão solo. Partitura. Manuscrito do autor,1998.

__________. Conversa informal entre Arthur Kampela e Daniel Vargas, via Skype. 24 de abril de 2009.

SCHICK, Steven. Developing an interpretative context: learning Brian Ferneyhough’s Bone Alphabet. Perspectives of New Music, Washington, v.32, n° 1, p.132-153, Winter, 1994.

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Published

2012-12-10

How to Cite

Coelho, Daniel Vargas. 2012. “The Rhythmic Complexity in Percussion Study II by Arthur Kampela”. Per Musi, no. 26 (December):1-11. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/40066.

Issue

No. 26 (2012): General Topics

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Articles in Portuguese/Spanish

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