Madelyn Byrne

- Dream Tableaux

for classical guitar and soundfile
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Madelyn Byrne (*1963) is an American composer who has distinguished herself in particular through works for instruments and computer / sound file. She studied with Charles Dodge, John Corigliano and David Olan.

The piece "Dream Tableaux" for guitar and soundfile has a rather meditative, calm sound impression despite expressive playing techniques and sometimes high tempo. Actually, a singing bowl is supposed to be used at the end, but it was omitted in various versions (C. McAllister, J. Wichmann). The work is particularly interesting because guitar and soundfile do not only form a convincing symbiosis in terms of sound. Playing to the sound file is also relatively easy, despite the necessary very precise timing, because the electronic sounds have a long attack and there are many cues.

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