Year
1988
Degree Name
Doctor of Creative Arts
Department
Faculty of Creative Arts
Recommended Citation
Terry, John B.R., A personal account of creative processes leading to the composition of 'Ebenezer', 'The Chimes', 'Meditations 1, 2, 3 and 4', and 'Bell-birds', Doctor of Creative Arts thesis, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 1988. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/912
Abstract
Specializing in one area of artistic expression has always been a difficult consideration for me. Apart from being primarily a composer and performer/improviser of music, other expressions of creative drive have been manifest in painting, writing, puppet making and operation, and acting. This essay elaborates on the multi-arts involvement approach in my music work, with particular emphasis placed on Ebenezer; a two hour music-theatre composition for marionettes adapted from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol; The Chimes: a two hour music-theatre piece for live performance adapted from Charles Dickens' Christmas tale of the same name; and Sell-Birds; a choral and orchestral work based on the Henry Kendall poem.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.