THE SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN MICROTONALITY AND SPRECHGESANG IN PSALM 124 BY ION COŢOFAN by Aurel MURARU

“…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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