1. Textural Extremes in Beethoven's String Quartets: Expressive and Formal Functions of Silence and Unison Open Access Author: Frederick, Leah Nicole Title: Textural Extremes in Beethoven's String Quartets: Expressive and Formal Functions of Silence and Unison Area of Honors: Music Theory Keywords: BeethovenString QuartetTextureFormal FunctionSilenceUnison File: Download 2015_SHC_Thesis_Leah_Frederick.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Eric John McKee, Thesis SupervisorVincent Perez Benitez Jr., Thesis Honors Advisor