Abstract:
The master music composition Metamorphosis for string orchestra is considered Program music with a duration of approximately 17 minutes. The piece incorporates concepts from literature, biology and psychology. In biology, the term metamorphosis refers to a process by which a living being physically goes through developmental changes chronologically. In this piece, the composer specified butterfly, which is associated with spiritual meanings in the literature, as the main idea. The composition includes the selection of string extended techniques, articulations, and the form of 4 movements according to each biological stage of butterfly development, starting from egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, until it reaches maturity and turns into a butterfly. Furthermore, the composer interpreted the meaning of the term metamorphosis in a general, non-biological sense as a transformation, specifically a change in the mental state. By determining the tempo, harmony, as well as selection of different tonal centers in the forms of atonality and tonality, the composer exhibited the transformation of the mental state from anguish to contentment.