Suite for strings : little March and song by Robert Washburn

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XIn this paper we aim to provide a detailed flow chart analysis and analytical study for “Suite For Strings” (Little March and Song) composed by Robert Washburn.

It includes biographical information for Washburn and other pertinent cultural and/or historical background related to the piece.

Being rooted to music as his primary skill, Washburn spent his career in the Air Force as well as in Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas as a player of played percussion and string bass and as a music faculty, respectively.

The four movements of the “Suite for Strings”, namely, Little March (moderate march tempo), Song (slowly), Scherzo (moderately fast), and Finale (moderately).

In this paper we study the second and third movements, that is, Song and Scherzo, that lie sit between the Little March and the Finale.