luz-twi-light
Subtitle: esotericism and mysticism in creative music
By: by Carlos Snaider, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for an AB degree with honors in Music and African and African American Studies, Department of Music and Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard College
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
Subjects: Mysticism in music; Improvisation (Music); Spoken word poetry; Avant-garde (Music); Aleatory music
Description: "luz-twi-light is a performance thesis that investigates various mystical, esoteric, and ancient systems of thought as explored by creative musicians...this project is an attempt to articulate the aesthetics of creative music through ideas presented in mystical and esoteric thought."--Page 1.
Notes: Printed on recto only.

Bachelor of Arts Harvard College 2017

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Collectivity within : Cecil Taylor's constructed improvisation as a gateway to the spirits; title: Anthropocosmos and the intelligence of the heart; title: The serialism of musical moments : Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith's Ankhrasmation; title: A dialogue of silences : Josefina Báez and Ay Ombe performance autology; title: Appendix 1. Concert program for luz-twi-light; title: Appendix 2. Scores and poetry for luz-twi-light. Orbitals ; Poetry improvisation ; Divine scarab ; Full moon, reflective splendor ; One, two and one-half ; Prayer for beginnings : (employs speaker, guitar, mrudangam, and viola); title: Bibliography.