Grantham, Donald, 1947-2014-10-092018-01-222018-01-222014-05May 2014http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26434textIn the Midst of Life is a highly-virtuosic concertino for solo guitarist and chamber orchestra. The piece explores variations of makamic intervallic structures—complex melody types and modes in traditional Middle Eastern Music—and builds the formal architecture and the pitch material upon makamic textural and melodic relations.application/pdfenGuitarConcertinoChamber ensembleContemporaryThesis2014-10-09