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Fugue for Strings for

Violin, Viola, Cello & Double Bass

Composed by

Christina Rusnak

©Copyright 2005 Christina Rusnak

Cover Art: Paul Klee, Fugue in Red, 1912

Rusnak Music Press A BMI Company

Notes Duration ~ 2:30 Are fugues still relevant? Why would anybody want to play an imitation of a Baroque art form?

This short fugue bends the model a bit by employing all four members of the string family instead of a traditional quartet. Utilizing 20th century harmonic language, it hardly sounds baroque.

Composed as an exercise, this short piece can fill an interlude or is great for Grade 4 string players.

- Christina Rusnak 2007

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CHRISTINA RUSNAK

Christina Rusnak is a composer, explorer and cultural catalyst who draws inspiration from the world around her. She seeks to integrate a sense of context into her music from a variety of sources including landscape, culture, history, ecology and art, she strives to communicate something meaningful about the human experience through music to both performers and the audience.

Rusnak’s pieces range from grade 1 to professional levels and includes solo works, chamber, orchestra, wind band, flex band pieces as well as jazz, women’s choir, electro-acoustic works, and film. An avid hiker, Ms. Rusnak she has been commissioned by the U.S. Forest Service, The National Park Service, and Oregon State Parks with over dozen pieces inspired by experiences in their landscapes. In 2019, she led the renowned Composing in the Wilderness Seminar at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Her work has been performed across the country, and internationally.

She earned dual graduate degrees in Composition and Arts Leadership from the University of North Texas in 2010. To intersect her passion for music with place and culture, she received a post-graduate certification in Cultural Planning in 2017 from the University of British Columbia.

In addition to composing, she has served as Sound Art Curator for the Dallas Contemporary Art Museum, as Executive Director for Orchestra 2001 in Philadelphia, on the board of Signal Fire Arts and currently serves as the President of the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM).

Her essays on music and advocacy can be found on LandscapeMusic.org, New Music Box, and Oregon Arts Watch. Her works are available from Amazon, Naxos and Parma Recordings, with her scores available through her website http://christinarusnak.com and various distributors.

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