Thesiss

In 1967, Canada celebrated its centennial anniversary of confederation. Celebrations were marked with many significant events in the decade leading up to the centennial, notably the adoption of a new Canadian flag, the construction of many cultural landmarks across the country, …

Thesis based on the submission of orchestral compositions relating the music pieces to visual works. The compositions are also discussed in terms of where they fit within a contemporary, orchestral context.

The fascination of eighteenth century Western composers with the Eastern percussion instruments of the Turks was the impetus behind the initial use of percussion instruments in the orchestra. Consequently, the era beginning in the late eighteenth-century when percussion instrume…