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Abstract
In her program note, Canadian composer Jocelyn Morlock explains that she was inspired by Tom Thomson’s 1916–17 painting, which depicts a Jack pine clinging to a rock on the edge of water, for her solo piano piece The Jack Pine (2010). Julian Beecroft later posted a short film of the Algonquin Park, accompanied by Morlock’s work. This article examines some of the intersections between the transition of colours in the painting and the harmonic colours of the music through voice-leading analysis, and some of the ways in which the music successfully depicts the different scenes of the short film.
Résumé
Dans ses notes de programmes, la compositrice canadienne Jocelyn Morlock explique qu’elle a été inspirée par le tableau de 1916-17 de Tom Thomson, représentant un pin gris s’agrippant à un affleurement rocheux au bord de l’eau, pour la composition de sa pièce solo pour piano intitulée The Jack Pine (2010). Un peu plus tard, Julian Beecroft a réalisé un court métrage au sujet du Parc Algonquin sur la musique de Morlock. Cet article examine quelques correspondances entre les transitions de couleurs et la façon dont la musique illustre avec succès certaines scènes du court métrage.
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Biographical note
Roxane Prevost is associate professor at the University of Ottawa, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate music theory and analysis. Her research interests include post-tonal music, rhythmic theories, and the music of Canadian composers. She has published articles in Intersections, Ex tempore: The Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Musurgia, and Australasian Canadian Studies and has presented at conferences in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
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