Grantham, Donald1734847872008-08-282008-08-282007http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3126textScattered Needles is a four-movement song cycle composed for tenor voice and chamber orchestra. The texts for this cycle are derived from songs written by Syd Barrett—a singer/songwriter in the 1960’s and 70’s, perhaps best known as the original singer for progressive rock group Pink Floyd. This dissertation consists of the full musical score, followed by background information on Syd Barrett, examinations of the texts used in this cycle, and an analysis of the musical elements of this work.electronicengCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.Song cycles--ScoresSongs (High voice)--ScoresBarrett, Syd--Musical settingsThesis