Art songs composition inspired by the urbanization and deforestation phenomenon

Alia Farahin Abd Wahab

Abstract

This dissertation is a write-up about the composition description, approaches and the concept of the composition. The concept of the composition is called ‘UrbanForArt’. The word UrbanForArt is created based on the combination of urbanization, art songs, and deforestation which is the central concept of the composition or creative work. There are 11 art song compositions that were presented. These songs were inspired by the soundscape of the nature in the urban area. The dissertation begins with the inspirational factors, the realization, the passion and the drive to start; along with the composition’s objectives and statements of problems and limitations. The understanding of art songs, its meaning, the style and the perception comes after. The analysis of the data and the collection of data from the sound recordings, visual interpretation and the extraction of the data were presented in chapter 3. In chapter 4, the dissertation discussed the concept and the main idea of UrbanForArt. The concept was elaborated and becomes the fundamental of the composition for the art songs. Chapter 5 covers the composition description of the entire composition, and the analysis of the songs and the details based on the melody and motives. Finally, the conclusion of the entire concept of music, composition and research was concluded at the final chapter and the reflection of the entire composition, concept and research.

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