Folk modalism expression in George Enescu’s works
Folk modalism expression in George Enescu’s works

Summary/Abstract: This study highlights some aspects of the Romanian folk modalism used by the Romanian composer George Enescu (1881-1955) in the suite “Impresii din copilărie op. 28” pentru vioară şi pian (“Impressions from Childhood Op. 28” for Violin and Piano). The thoroughly conducted analysis is meant to identify and accurately focus on the wealth of modal formations, which are not only the conceptual-aesthetic foundation on which the composer places the musical ideatic background, but it is the source of muticoloured expressiveness which animates this piece emotionally. The wealth of the Enescian modal inspiration, based on the modal melodic expressiveness, exploits all the resources of linearism and latent polyphony, becoming representative as an essence of Romanian folk musicality poured into instrumental interpretative formulas of Western influence.

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