Idei creatoare și emoții estetice în Sonata pentru violină și pian de Leoš Janáček
Creative ideas and aesthetic emotions in the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Leoš Janáček

Summary/Abstract: Author of emblematic works for 20th-century opera creation, Leoš Janáček is also the author of works for violin and piano, among which the sonata cataloged JW VII/7 is the most important. Through the historical perspective at the beginning, the study aims to highlight its place within the chamber creation of the Czech composer, with an emphasis on the chronology of the composer's multifaceted activity from the period of 1914 (when the work began) to 1922 (when the final version was published). The analysis considers the depths of the creative process and, besides delving into instrumental and compositional techniques and procedures, focuses on messages, emotions, and ethos. The research stops at some details of the sonority, especially the ancestral, archetypal, and folkloric vein of the music, and how, in turn, the piano and violin should make us hear a cimbalom. We see that the traditional sonata form allows for modern creative interpretations, anchored in the living substance of folklore, no less in the fertile imagination of the composer. For performers, Leoš Janáček's Sonata for Violin and Piano is not a technical challenge, but a path to conveying the emotions of one of the most original composers of the 20th century.

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