composer

Fulkerson, James

James Fulkerson werd op 2 juli 1945 in Illinois (USA) geboren. Opleiding Hij studeerde aan de Wesleyan University (B.A., 1966) en de University of Illinois (M.M., 1969). Hij had tromboneles van Carmine ...

related works

The wind, high : for bass-baritone, flute and vibraphone, 1994 / on a poem by Fernando Pessoa, translation: Jonathan Griffin, James Fulkerson

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments: bas-bar fl vibr

Maxim : for string quartet, 1997 / Ton Lambij

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

Quartet Nº 2 : for string quartet / Kuzma Bodrov

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Instruments: 2vn vl vc

Memories, Dreams, Reflections : for string quartet / Rafael Reina

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

composition

String quartet no. 4 : 1990 / James Fulkerson

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