Suite of Roads
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Date
2010-06
Authors
Richards, Samuel L., 1982-
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University of Oregon
Abstract
Suite of Roads is an orchestral suite comprising of two contrasting movements.
This work explores and develops my original musical ideas in regard to the nature of
roads and their role in connecting individuals and societies. Each movement follows the
musical narrative of a hypothetical road, the first being titled "To" and the second being
titled "From." All of my musical ideas evolve out the lucid imagined experience of
traveling along one of these roads-away from a musical "home" to an imagined
destination, then making a return trip along a very different yet equally vivid route. The
musical ideas in the first movement are vast, spacious, and wandering, whereas the
second movement is quick and vigorous. True to the concept of departure and return, the
musical material presented at the beginning of the first movement briefly reappears at the
end of the second movement, thus signaling the end of the musical journey and the final
return home.
Description
1 score (viii, 52 p.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.