“Variations on a Greek Island Dance” by Vangelis Karafillidis
“Variations on a Greek Island Dance” by Vangelis Karafillidis
Author(s): Luminiţa GuţanuSubject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: Vangelis Karafillidis; Greek folk music; motivic transfiguration; analysis
Summary/Abstract: Vangelis Karafillidis’ piano work “Variations on a Greek Island Dance” imaginatively combines the fascination of a melodious piece, the originality of Greek folk music, the mood alterations of programmatic music, the macro-structural accordance to a very well know classical form and the micro-structural motivic transfigurations with the exploration of several piano technique issues. This article comprises an analysis of the above mentioned work under the perspective of an educational tool for both music theory and piano students.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series VIII: Performing Arts
- Issue Year: 6/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 23-28
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English