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Concerto for electric violin : for solo violin and ensemble, 1992 / James Fulkerson

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and large ensemble
Scoring: 2010 2sax 2121 perc el.g g-b pf vl-solo

String quartet : in five movements, 1998-1999 / Rudi Martinus van Dijk

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Strijkkwartet no. I : 7 juli 1954 Amsterdam / Lex van Delden

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

composition

String quartet No. 4 / James Fulkerson

Other authors:
Fulkerson, James (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): The work is composed in three movements which are performed with a slight pause between each of them. All movements are either fast or very fast. In particular, movement three sounds as if it is being improvised - although it is fully notated, while movement two applies a reductive process to music initially heard in movement one. While I believe that I am working within the 'tradition' of classical European art music, I am aware that for more than a decade there has been a convergence between classical music and popular music to the point where it is hard to identify where one crosses the line into one area or the other. Consequently, I expect my listener to be familiar with a number of works such as the Beatles' use of the string quartet, John Zorn's 'Forbidden Fruit', Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's use of collage technique, etc. - JAMES FULKERSON