SERIA LULLABIES, OP. 33 DE JOSEF SUK: ÎNTRE TRADIŢIA BERCEUSEI ROMANTICE ȘI INEFABILUL IMPRESIONIST
LULLABIES SERIES, OP. 33 BY JOSEF SUK: AMIDST THE ROMANTIC BERCEUSE AND THE ETHEREAL OF IMPRESSIONISM

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is the presentation of an interpretative and stylistic analysis of the series Lullabies, op. 33 by Josef Suk. Although the Berceuse or Lullaby genre was known from the Antiquity period, the romantic composers were the oneswho have established its form and internal structure: an ostinato rhythm pattern, accessible melodic lines that originatedfrom folklore music, a soothing refrain character, almost improvisatory, in 3/4 or 6/8 (but in the 20th century, these measureswere binary or even compound). At the beginning of the 20th century, there is a tendency to transform this genre by mergingthe Romantic patterns of the Berceuse, with the new harmonic ideas of Impressionism. The Lullabies suite is one of the worksthat demonstrates this preference of modern composers. Even though Josef Suk kept the construction patterns inherited fromthe Romantics, the chromatic harmonic language, the unexpected tonal changes and the whole atmosphere that is created areelements of the Impressionistic current.

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