Four Circumnavigations After Paganini

solo piano
duration approx. 5`

Matthew Lee Knowles

June 2012 - April 2013

I
q = 78-85

Iridescently

mp -mf 6

6
6

6
6

6
6

flutter pedal

10

13

16

19

22

24

II
q = 66-78
27

Oppressively cumbersome with increasing recklessness

f- ff

senza pedal

(spread
similarly)

32

37

* * *

42

* *

47

52

* *

* *

* * *

*
* *

57

62

67

71

75

* *

* *

q = 56-66

III
Pulchritudinously charming

79

3
3

3
3

3
3

etc

ppp sempre legatissimo

3

una corda

81

83

85

87

89

91

93

95

10

97

tre corde

99

101

11

IV
q = 80-92

Computationally

103

108

p - mf

5
5

12

112

5
5

117

5
5

115

6
6

7
5

6
6

7
7
6

13

119

121

123

5
5

14

126

gliss.

129

3
3
3
3
3
3