Category Archives: Little Vanishing Worlds

“Little Vanishing World 7”

October 28, 2020 – 3:20 PM

Albumleaf 172: October 27, 2020 (Bologna)

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“Little Vanishing World 6 (Flowers We Are)”

November 26, 2018 – 9:00 AM

Albumleaf 151: November 19, 2018 (Bologna) Homage to Kurtág Recurring throughout György Kurtág’s oeuvre is an eight-note melody which has lyrics, though to my knowledge they are never actually sung: “Flowers we are, frail flowers.”  Albumleaf 151 presents a variation of this melody.  Notes 1-5, 10-11, and 14 are Kurtág’s.  The others are mine.  

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“Little Vanishing World 5 (Cloud Garden)”

September 11, 2018 – 5:32 PM

Albumleaf 143: September 11, 2018 (Bologna) Because the world has been clamoring for more atonal miniatures, I’ve decided, after a seven-year hiatus, to return to my Little Vanishing World series.  Buon ascolto!  

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“Little Vanishing World 4 (Draper Plate)”

September 15, 2011 – 6:07 PM

Albumleaf 70: September 15, 2011 (Farmville) H-S might have been the site of the first photograph. But John William Draper‘s image didn’t last: only the indecipherable plates remain; one can see them in the College’s Esther Atkinson Museum. This brief piece tries to capture an image’s quick decay, attempts to reclaim it, the frustration, and […]

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“Little Vanishing World III”

October 28, 2010 – 9:00 AM

Albumleaf 42: October 26, 2010 (Farmville)

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“Little Vanishing World II”

September 16, 2010 – 9:00 AM

Albumleaf 33: September 14, 2010 (Farmville)

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“Little Vanishing World I”

September 13, 2010 – 9:00 AM

Albumleaf 32: September 7, 2010 (Farmville)

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