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Sonata for Violin and Turntables (2008)
by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Instrumentation: Violin and Turntables, Laptop or iPad
Length: 25 mins
PDF Price: $25
The piece may be played acoustically or amplified, with or without effects processing. PDF sheet music will be delivered a few minutes after making payment.
Non-Traditional Notation: see score sample below
COMPOSER’S NOTE:
For my dearly departed friend Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific.
A musical exploration and sound conversation between two instruments and two cultures, classical and hip-hop, speaking to the history and traditions of both, honoring not only the first and second Viennese schools of Europe, but the Bronx, and Old School Hip-Hop and the waves of commercial music inventions that flowed from that magical place and time and continue to reign.
-DBR
About the composer:
Composer’s website
Composer’s biography
Notable performances:
Performed by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), violin, & Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific, turntables:
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, AU, 2006
Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA 2007
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008
Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA 2009
ASU Gammage, Tempe, AZ 2011
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Score sample: