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161623 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.161623 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2021 46 pages Doctoral Dissertation Academic theses eng Clay, William Bolanos, Gabriel Temple, Alex Knowles, Kristina Arizona State University Partial requirement for: D.M.A., Arizona State University, 2021 Field of study: Music Temporal Creative Entanglement and the Composer’s Search for a Unique Voice is about some of the creative challenges inherent in the composing process. Creative entanglement is when a composer gets caught up—entangled—in the creative process and it tarnishes their sense of how to appropriately assemble the formal structure of a piece. The word temporal means that I’m focusing on how a lot of creative entanglement happens because of process / product disparities related to time. Process / product disparity is the term I use to describe the enormous differences between the experience of composing and the experience of hearing the premiere of a work. And, I bring up the composer’s search for a unique voice because composers are especially vulnerable to creative entanglement when they are trying to write in a new style. I try to identify some different ways a composer can become entangled by discussing some specific ways that people subconsciously process music (musical expectations and information flow). I draw on the works of David Huron, Fred Lerdahl, and John Sloboda, among others, to paint a picture of the different mental processes that occur during composing and listening. I discuss how schematic, veridical, and dynamic expectations work in the mind of composer and the listener, and how these relate to creative entanglement. I also discuss how the conception of large-scale form fits into this topic. In the conclusion, I offer some thoughts on approaching composing from the perspective of creative entanglement. To close, I offer a perspective about artistic satisfaction and composing. Musical Composition Cognition Composition Concerto Lizard Brain Music Process Temporal Creative Entanglement and the Composer’s Search for a Unique Voice