A little bit about Ciurlionis

The article:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1576157?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=ciurlionis&searchText=polyphony&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dciurlionis%2Bpolyphony%26acc%3Doff%26fc%3Doff%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26wc%3Don%26group%3Dnone&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Words:

Synthesis – a combination of different thoughts, ways of doing sth, etc.

What Ciurlionis did is a synthesis of two different art.

I try to show you a synthesis of different approaches to Ciurlionis'output.

Exert – have an impact on

We need to exert ourselves to study more.

Ciurlionis exerted influence on composers of his time.

Hitherto – from the past to now

Music of Ciurlionis is hitherto unknown in Poland.

Hitherto, there are no Ciurlionis' paintings in Cracow.

Harmonization – notes added to the main melody to create a piece

Harmonization of the composers from the particular epoch is often easy to recognize.

In the 20^th century, the harmonization became very complicated.

Fugue – a style of writing musical pieces, including the main theme that is changed in variable ways

The most famous fugues are composed by J.S. Bach.

Nowadays, composers don't write fugues anymore.