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Augmentation Of Delusion, Christopher Lynn Adams
Augmentation Of Delusion, Christopher Lynn Adams
Masters Theses
Augmentation of Delusion is a single-movement piece for chamber orchestra composed by Chris L. Adams. The piece was originally written for a four-person percussion ensemble in 2013 and orchestrated in 2014. This document will analyze the major musical elements of form, harmony, melody, rhythm and meter, and genre of the piece, as well as compare and contrast these variables with other composers’ works.
Music theory terminology and figures will be applied in this document as follows:
1. Set theory functions will be expressed as:
a. Normal order indicated by brackets – [2367]
b. Prime form indicated by parentheses – (0145) …
The Wilderness For String Quartet, Samuel Moore Lewis
The Wilderness For String Quartet, Samuel Moore Lewis
Masters Theses
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 20th and 21st century composers, in particular the post-Romantic string quartet literature.