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Passacaglia (Godowsky)
Passacaglia is a solo piano composition by the composer Leopold Godowsky. It was completed in New York, on October 21, 1927. The composition commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Franz Schubert. Typical of Godowsky's composition style, the piece contains dense contrapuntal, polyphonic, and Chromaticism, chromatic writing. Historical background Godowsky remarked in the work's preface: Description of form The work is a passacaglia based on the first 8 measures of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. The theme is stated exactly, but with an F♯ (musical note), F# added at the start which aids in transition between the variations. There are forty-four variations, followed by an epilogue, a cadenza, and then closing with a four-part fugue, following the pattern established for this form by the likes of Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach (Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582) and Johannes Brahms, Brahms (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel). The writing make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Ciągliński
Jan Ciągliński (Russian: Ян (Иван) Францевич Ционглинский, 20 February 1858, Warsaw - 6 January 1913, Saint Petersburg) was a Polish painter who lived in Russia. His works are considered to be the first examples of Russian Impressionism. Biography He was born into a noble family and studied at the University of Warsaw from 1876 to 1878, at the Faculty of Medicine and Natural Sciences. At the same time, he was taking drawing lessons with Wojciech Gerson.Brief biography and selection of works @ Pinakoteka. From 1879 to 1885, he attended the Imperial Academy of Arts. He went back to Poland, but was there only a short time before receiving a highly remunerative offer of work in Saint Petersburg. He returned there to execute the commission and decided to remain. In 1894, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
