String Quartet

Author

Scott A. Miller, The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow

Date of Degree

9-2024

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Program

Music

Advisor

Kofi Agawu

Committee Members

Suzanne Farrin

Yayoi Everett

Jason Eckardt

Subject Categories

Composition

Keywords

string quartet, just intonation, microtonality

Abstract

This quartet begins by providing glimpses of three distinct musical ideas. Although they seem totally unrelated, the music seeks to confound this initial expectation. Related textural contrasts are developed between dialogical textures and the quartet speaking as one voice. The pitch material combines just intonation with twelve tone equal temperament.

Comments

This composition and the essay, "Musical Semiotics in Kate Soper's Ipsa Dixit (2010—2016)," together constitute the author's dissertation but are otherwise unrelated.

Recommended Citation

Miller, Scott A., "String Quartet" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/6047