THE MUSICAL LEGACY OF CLUJ AND THE BAROQUE IDIOM - CASE STUDY: «FANTASIA E FUGA SULLE PEDALE PER ORGANO» BY DAN VOICULESCU
THE MUSICAL LEGACY OF CLUJ AND THE BAROQUE IDIOM - CASE STUDY: «FANTASIA E FUGA SULLE PEDALE PER ORGANO» BY DAN VOICULESCU

Summary/Abstract: Axiologically acknowledged as a blend of tradition and modernity, the Cluj school of composition has designed an original stylistic matrix that proves its resonance with Baroque music thinking. Sigismund Toduţă and later his disciples, Hans Peter Türk and Dan Voiculescu, integrated their works within the confines of a musical language that recovers a historical musical era through the aesthetic filter of the present. Through logical derivations, artistic values of the past take on new semantic weight, while a neo-Baroque atmosphere penetrates the music of the late 20th century Cluj. Fantasia e Fuga sulle pedale per organo by Dan Voiculescu represents an ideal case of stylistic fusion that requires a simultaneous reading through the grid of the Baroque and of modernity. The analysis reveals intertextual connections with the works of Bach or Froberger, as well as references to the art of Hindemith. The stylistic bivalence of the entire piece is also reflected in the type of grammar used in modelling this novel opus; while the author applies a traditional grammar to shape the form, by designing the discourse according to an early Baroque formula, he resorts to a generative grammar for the elaboration of the content. The two levels of the text overlap and demonstrate Dan Voiculescu’s commitment to the Baroque paradigm, advancing the thesis of a reconfiguration of the diachronic and synchronic perspective in the musical creation.

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