THE SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN MICROTONALITY AND SPRECHGESANG IN PSALM 124 BY ION COŢOFAN
“Psalm 124” by Ion Coţofan is an example of a choral work with religious text designed for a concert hall and not a liturgical service, a sample of the perfect combination between text and the music accompanying it. In the case of this work, one cannot speak of a well-defined melody, but rather of a...
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| Language: | English |
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Babeș-Bolyai University
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica |
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| Online Access: | http://193.231.18.162/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/2430 |
| Summary: | “Psalm 124” by Ion Coţofan is an example of a choral work with religious text designed for a concert hall and not a liturgical service, a sample of the perfect combination between text and the music accompanying it. In the case of this work, one cannot speak of a well-defined melody, but rather of a general dramaturgy making a subtle shift from diatonicism, through chromaticism, towards ultra-chromaticism. The continuous pendulation between polyphony and heterophony, as well as the permanent oscillation between “sprechgesang” and microtonality give birth to a musical work full of tension and drama. |
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| ISSN: | 1844-4369 2065-9628 |