Bernard, Jonathan WCobb, Nathan Alexander2019-10-152019-10-152019-10-152019Cobb_washington_0250O_19936.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/44862Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2019This essay explores the varying effects of music on the temporal perception of listeners by closely analyzing two 20th century works: Gérard Grisey’s Vortex Temporum and Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories. Although representative of vastly different compositional styles, these two composers are alike in their preoccupation with time as a compositional element and thus provide a valuable opportunity to evaluate temporal perception in two unique musical contexts. My approach is threefold: 1) I begin with an exposition of Edmund Husserl’s structure of time-consciousness in order to provide the necessary philosophical framework within which the subjective experience of listeners can be accurately described; 2) I analyze Grisey’s Vortex Temporum I & II and explore the phenomenon of compressed and dilated time, specifically in light of the composer’s conception of the harmonic spectrum as an object with inherent temporal qualities; 3) I analyze Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories as exemplary of a highly recursive musical context that, although dependent upon a single musical object for its entire duration, lacks locatable, surface-level referents.application/pdfen-USCC BYEdmund HusserlGérard GriseyMorton FeldmanPhenomenologyTemporal-consciousnessMusic theoryMusicThesis