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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

Planning a performance of this work? Please contact us and let us know the date and venue.

Score sample: