Ordway, Scott J., 1984-2009-03-062009-03-062008-12https://hdl.handle.net/1794/87151 score (x, 178 p.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.Symphony No.2, "Crime in the House of Names," is a forty-minute work for large orchestra in four movements. The final movement features a mezzo-soprano soloist who sings a setting of the poem "Herbsttag" ("Autumn Day") by Rainer Maria Rilke in a version that was freely adapted for music by the composer. While the symphony is not expressly programmatic, it is deeply philosophical in nature; it is an expression of the archetypal human themes of pain, loss, struggle, acceptance, and redemption.en-USThesis