RICE UNIVERSITY
ExtramusicaI Elements in Selected Viola Music of Libby Larsen:
Representation, Suggestion, and Abstraction
by
Katherine Jean Lewis
A THESIS SUBMITTED
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
Doctor of Musical Arts
APPROVED, THESIS COMMITTEE
Associate Professor of Composition and
Theory
Walter Bailey,
Associate Professor OfMusicology and
Chair OfMusicology
Anna Smith Fine Assistant Professor of
Judaic Studies
HOUSTON, TX
MARCH 2010