Playing with Words

anna litvinenko

About this exposition

Western art, literature, and music have told many parallel stories throughout the centuries. Living through similar politics, philosophies, and technological advancements, it is no surprise that such links between the arts exist. Now, more than ever, a time when anything can be considered art and anyone an artist, I feel a necessity to understand these connections of the past in order to proceed forward as a musician. Being more and more involved in creating my own music, I thought it an opportune occasion to combine these interest and explore how a research into artistic and literary movements can help me develop my musical language and creativity as an improviser. In this exposition, I have created a narrative that brings together the art, music, and poetry of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Based on my understanding and experience of these artistic and literary movements, I have created improvisations and semi-composed/semi-improvised pieces (some of which I collaboratively worked on with my trio Kalea), attempting to demonstrate how looking to the past can bring inspiration to our contemporary practice.

type	research exposition
keywords	poetry, improvisation, Aesthetics & Cultural Discourse, art history
date	07/12/2018
published	16/06/2021
last modified	16/06/2021
status	published
copyright	Anna Litvinenko
license	All rights reserved
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/543055/727563
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/koncon.543055
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	1. Master Research Projects

name	London
copyright	William Blake
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name	1480px-John_Henry_Fuseli_-_The_Nightmare
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name	Blake_ancient_of_days
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name	Kauffmann_Cornelia_mater_Gracchorum
copyright	Public Domain
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name	Jacques-Louis_David_-_Oath_of_the_Horatii_-_Google_Art_Project
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Consonant fundamental and its derivatives
copyright	Fedele Fenaroli’s Partimento ossia Basso Numerato, 11
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name	Three positions of a major chord on a cello
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name	Dissonant fundamental chord and its derivatives
copyright	Fedele Fenaroli’s Partimento ossia Basso Numerato, 11
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name	Major scale
copyright	Fedele Fenaroli’s Partimento ossia Basso Numerato, 19
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name	Minor scale
copyright	Fedele Fenaroli’s Partimento ossia Basso Numerato, 19
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name	Cadenze semplice
copyright	Fenaroli’s Book 1 of Partimento ossia Basso Numerato, 55-56
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name	Cadenze composte e doppie
copyright	Fenaroli’s Book 1 of Partimento ossia Basso Numerato, 55-56
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name	Classification of Cadences
copyright	Giorgio Sanguinetti, The Art of Partimento, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012),106.
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name	Diminutions on cadenza semplice
copyright	Giorgo Sanguinetti’s The Art of Partimento, 45
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name	Example of my own cadenza composta in major
copyright	Anna Litvinenko
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name	Example of my own cadenza composta in minor
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name	Rule of the octave
copyright	Giorgio Sanguinetti’s The Art of Partimento, 115
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name	Rule of octave in major
copyright	Fenaroli’s Book 1 of Partimento ossia Basso Numerato, 50
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name	Rule of octave in minor
copyright	Fenaroli’s Book 1 of Partimento ossia Basso Numerato, 50
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name	Gigue rhythm over the rule of the octave
copyright	Anna Litvinenko
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name	Siciliana rhythm over the rule of the octave
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name	Francisco_de_Goya,_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_(1819-1823)
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Gustave_Courbet_-_A_Burial_at_Ornans_-_Google_Art_Project_2
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Honoré_Daumier,_The_Third-Class_Carriage_-_The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
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name	Olympia-manet
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	1514px-Eugène_Delacroix_-_La_liberté_guidant_le_peuple
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	1598px-Slave-ship
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Fall of Hyperion
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	Ode on a Grecian Urn improv
copyright	AL
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name	Gustave_Moreau_001
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	1600px-John_Everett_Millais_-_Ophelia_-_Google_Art_Project
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Millais_-_Christus_im_Hause_seiner_Eltern
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Turner-rain-steam-and-speed
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Auguste_Renoir_-_Dance_at_Le_Moulin_de_la_Galette_-_Google_Art_Project
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name	761px-Georges_Seurat_043
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	La Montagne Saint Victoire
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Excerpts from Written in Water
copyright	Kalea Trio and Andrew Mitchell
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name	Ode to Autumn
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	Polyphemus
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	Redon.cyclops
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name	940px-The_Scream
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name	Kirchner_-_Die_Straße
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name	'Bride_of_the_Wind',_oil_on_canvas_painting_by_Oskar_Kokoschka,_a_self-portrait_expressing_his_unrequited_love_for_Alma_Mahler_(widow_of_composer_Gustav_Mahler),_1913
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name	Klimt_-_Wasserschlangen_II_(Freundinnen)_-_1904.jpeg
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name	alfred-barr-cubism-and-abstract-art-moma-800x800
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name	Les_Demoiselles_d'Avignon
copyright	Wikipedia
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name	Pablo_Picasso,_1910,_Girl_with_a_Mandolin_(Fanny_Tellier),_oil_on_canvas,_100.3_x_73.6_cm,_Museum_of_Modern_Art_New_York.
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name	In a Station of the Metro I
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	In a Sation of the Metro II
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	A Very Valentine
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	Map for a Very Valentine
copyright	AL
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name	Futurist Manifesto
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	Machine-Like Effets
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	Effect of Speed
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	Building a Machine
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	Sea Rose
copyright	Kalea Trio
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name	The Illegible Letter - Brahms Inspiration
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name	The Illegible Letter - Duet
copyright	Anna Litvinenko and Beatriz Rola
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