Création d'un univers fictif cohérent en musique: la narrativité non linéaire au sein d'un corpus d'oeuvres
This thesis is the outcome of five years of doctoral studies at the University of Montreal. It presents the theory behind a cycle of eleven autonomous narrative instrumental pieces, following the definition of cycle as defined by researcher Anne Besson in her book “D’Asimov à Tolkien : cycles et séries dans la littérature de genre.”  The goal was to create a coherent and unified fictional universe that explores the concept of narrative chronology in music. The pieces were composed in a different order than the one in which the events of the story occur. It allows us to explore the idea of prequel and sequel in music. Originally composed for the concert hall, for ensembles ranging from chamber music to symphonic orchestras, they were afterwards adapted to be recorded and edited in a studio, allowing the composer to explore an array of new compositional techniques.  Presenting many theoretical concepts such as narrativity (in general and pertaining specifically to music), the cyclic concept in a body of works and also the definition of a fictional universe, this thesis will analyze these eleven works while suggesting possible solutions for bringing processes that occur frequently in literature and film to the world of music.
Composition Music Cycle of works Fictional universe Narrativity Analysis Chronology