Rohan Kriwaczek

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Rohan Kriwaczek is "England's foremost authority on the history and practice of Funerary Violin" [1], a musical art form he invented, complete with a history and composers dating back several centuries. He is the author of the 2006 book An Incomplete History of the Art of Funerary Violin. His work is not in the same vein as Peter Schickele, cf.P. D. Q. Bach. Whereas Schickele's pieces -- passed off as works by Bach's fictitous offspring -- are humorous parodies, Kriwaczek's music is somber and haunting. In the latter quality Kriwaczek's works are similar in both character and the attached mythopoeia to those by Roman Turovsky.

[edit] External Links

• official home page of Rohan Kriwaczek
• Uncovering the 'True' History of the Funerary Violin, NPR story October 5, 2006