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Romanian Piano Miniature in the Modern Period of its Assertion
Romanian Piano Miniature in the Modern Period of its Assertion

Author(s): Roxana Pepelea
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: folklore; piano miniature; interwar period; modal language

Summary/Abstract: The miniature piano creation of the 2nd-5th decades is deeply marked by the European tendency of neofolklorism. However, it is not the unique creative direction to have been approached; being joined by other elements, of a classical nature. That period’s representatives dwelled, more or less, upon the popular-music sources, going through the well-known stages: quotation enhancement by harmonization (Drăgoi), creation in a popular style (Constantinescu, Negrea), allusion to the popular intonations (Jora, Lazăr) or even parting from folklore and closeness to other sources (Jora, Negrea, Lazăr).

  • Issue Year: 7/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 113-118
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English