The characteristics of the a cappella musical score in the show “Biedermann and the Arsonists” by Max Frisch, director Tompa Gábor, music Vasile Șirli Cover Image

Caracteristicile partiturii muzicale a cappella în spectacolul „Biedermann și incendiatorii” de Max Frisch, regia Tompa Gábor, muzica Vasile Șirli
The characteristics of the a cappella musical score in the show “Biedermann and the Arsonists” by Max Frisch, director Tompa Gábor, music Vasile Șirli

Author(s): Roxana-Sorana Ardeleanu (Tibil)
Subject(s): Music
Published by: UArtPress - Editura Universității de Arte din Tîrgu Mureş - A Marosvásárhelyi Művészeti Egyetem Kiadója
Keywords: collective character; choir; a cappella; bell; replies;

Summary/Abstract: The theater performance is like a living organism, in whose composition the music brings added value, a sublime emotional hue, empowering itself like a complex vehicle that facilitates the conveying of the play’s message through the sound–word association. As the Greek tragedy, the choir in “Biedermann and the Arsonists” is a collective character and explains the public the way the action unfolds. All the firefighter’s replies are sung a cappella, in eight interventions on the original music composed by Vasile Șirli. The audio material is subordinated entirely to the word. For this reason, the expressive points of each song identify themselves in relation to the dynamic of the text. A provocative endeavor, the assimilation of the musical material has a winding road and it implies a continuous re-invention and adjustment, according to all of the dramatic elements.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2018
  • Issue No: Music
  • Page Range: 115-129
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Romanian
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