Česnulevičienė, Aušra
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Art History & Criticism
This study examines for the first time the relationships with music, family musical traditions, and their importance to all family members – but especially to the composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) – of the two generations of the Čiurlionis family who lived in Druskininkai since the 19th century. Also, for the first ...
Johnson, Kirsten
The first three pieces and concept of Seven Diatonic Preludes, using only the white notes of the piano, from a single note through to all seven pitches, date from 2007, with the set completed in 2011. One note, C – Solitary is a piece only using the note C. It is followed by Two notes, C and D – Not alone anymore…. , and Three notes – Call, inspire...
Johnson, Kirsten
In the beginning (2006) opens with a quiet, three-note motive, which is repeated in progressively shorter note lengths, ushering in the melody in left-hand octaves. The middle section begins as a canon, which then builds to a return of the first theme. A mirror response to the opening section ends the piece, with fast notes becoming gradually quiet...
Johnson, Kirsten
November Wind (2011) depicts a stormy wind, with fast figuration accompanying a robust melody. There is a second melody, and then the inversion of the second melody, both developed between the hands as the wind swirls and blows.This music score was submitted for Resonate 2024: An Open Access Call for Scores by the UCLA Music Library.Recorded on Exp...
Johnson, Kirsten
Elegy (2006, rev. 2020) opens with a melody of longing and remembrance, with the main theme presented freely, colored by low dyads sounding a quiet death knell. The right-hand enters with 16th-note figuration, delicately decorating the melody in the left. Quartal harmonies and parallelism are used as the piece develops, leading to 32nd-note pattern...
Balci, E. Bugra
This music score was submitted for Resonate 2024: An Open Access Call for Scores by the UCLA Music Library with Bent Frequency and Jan Berry Baker.
baco, walter
This music score was submitted for Resonate 2024: An Open Access Call for Scores by the UCLA Music Library with Bent Frequency and Jan Berry Baker.
Johnson, Kirsten
Reaching out…where are you? was based on material sketched in 1996, with the working title “Sadness”, with the full piece composed in 2016. It is introspective, with rich harmonies and three against two patterns supporting the melody above.This music score was submitted for Resonate 2024: An Open Access Call for Scores by the UCLA Music Library.Rec...
Johnson, Kirsten
9 Expressions for Piano (2021) was finished during Covid-19 lockdown, though the opening piece was written in 1990. Expression No. 1 “Dark” is based on an octatonic scale and the Fibonacci sequence. Expression No. 2 “Whimsical” is a bitonal, bittersweet waltz, with the left hand in G major and the right in C# minor. Expression No. 3 “ Presto: Too m...
Johnson, Kirsten
Nocturne Semplice (2016) is based on a simple melody, with the development of the line in 6ths reflecting Chopin’s Étude, Op 25, No. 8.Recorded on Expressions: Piano Music by Kirsten Johnson (CRC 4095).This music score was submitted for Resonate 2024: An Open Access Call for Scores by the UCLA Music Library.