*Four Japanese Pieces* composed around a 'Haiku' poem for each of the seasons. Includes preface.

1. Spring (Flowing, not fast)
2. Summer (Andantino)
3. Autumn (Flowing softly (calm)
4. Winter (move onward, do not drag)

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Haiku is a Japanese poem composed of three lines. For centuries the construction of a Haiku has remained the same. A single moment is captured in seventeen syllables which are set to the pattern 5 + 7 + 5. The meditations that were composed in August 1997 each have one of the four season haiku as a motto. The seasons dealt with here are however the European seasons and not the five seasons they have in Japan where the New Year is considered a season in itself.

The compositions are based upon the German translation by Jan Ulenbrook.

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Ronald Joachim Autenrieth was born in 1959. As a composer he is an autodidact (self taught). His musical output comprises a large number of works for recorder (Moeck, Celle) besides compositions for organ, piano and choral music.

_Score 9 pp. Part 2 pp._