Music / Compositions

Sabotherm

1984 · two violas or viola and piano · 10'

Recordings

  • Michael Newman and Karen Demmel (Redlands, 1985) Listen
  • Student duo (Vancouver, 1986) Listen

Notes

The title derives from a pun in Raymond Roussel's 'Impressions of Africa' in which an orchestrion responds to heat (therm) to perform a mechanical clog dance (sabot) on a dud violin (sabot).

The score is published by Forward Music.