The Wilderness for String Quartet

Author

Samuel Moore Lewis, University of Tennessee - KnoxvilleFollow

Date of Award

8-2014

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Music

Major

Music

Major Professor

Kenneth A. Jacobs

Committee Members

Leslie C. Gay, Brendan McConville

Abstract

The Wilderness is a single-movement work for string quartet with a performance time of approximately 14 minutes. This piece was completed in the spring of 2014.

The purpose of this paper is to place the composition within the context of concert music by analyzing its form, melody, harmony, rhythm, and meter and comparing those elements with those in similar examples by 20^th and 21^st century composers, in particular the post-Romantic string quartet literature.

Recommended Citation

Lewis, Samuel Moore, "The Wilderness for String Quartet. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2014.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/2829