This composition for vocals and electronics is based on an Oscan inscription made by a young Samnite woman around 100 BCE, found on a clay roof tile at Pietrabbondante. This woman's name was DETFRI, and while the clay tile she was rolling out was still wet, she stamped her sandals into its surface and carved these words:

Detfri of Hn. Sattiis
Marked with a footprint

Detfri's words 'marked with a footprint' (SEGANATTED 𑇐 PLAVTAD) are used as the lyrics of this piece. The title translates to 'dedicated to Detfri by/from Antonio.' Compositionally, the piece begins with long tones (the interval of a perfect fifth) sung using the technique of overtone singing. These drones are looped to provide a harmonic base for the melody, and eventually passed through a low-pass gate which is 'struck' to provide rhythmic elements.

This piece also explores my 'Pythagorean Hypothesis:' historical evidence for a certain Samnite individual being called a 'Pythagorean,' thus providing the evidence for cultural/philosophical/musical-theoretical connection or influence from the ancient Greeks living in southern Italy (c.f. The Harmonics of Aristoxenus, who inhabited Taras, modern day Taranto in Puglia, Italy; Pythagoras also lived in Kroton, modern day Crotone in Calabria, Italy). It utilizes the Pythagorean 3-4-5 triangle as the basis for its rhythmic structure. As I piece together an extremely fragmentary Samnite musical tradition, my hypotheses inform some of my own music composition (hence the 'mirrored' music notation found in the score of this piece, following their writing from right-to-left).

A modular synthesizer system of my own design is implemented to record, loop, and process the vocals, as well as compute the 'Pythagorean' rhythms.

Detfriúí 𑇐 Dadíkatted 𑇐 Antúniúd has been performed at The Museum of Loss and Renewal in Collemacchia, Molise, Italy; American University, in Washington, DC; Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Montpelier, VT; Art Center Padula, in Padula, Campania, Italy; Quest Montessori School in Narragansett, RI; and at Dawnlands Gallery in Westerly, RI.