Dinu Lipatti’s Fantasy for Piano, Op. 8
Dinu Lipatti’s Fantasy for Piano, Op. 8
Author(s): Fausta DimulescuContributor(s): Maria Monica Bojin (Translator)
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: analysis; piano writing; Enescu;
Summary/Abstract: The sound of Dinu Lipatti’s Fantasy for Piano, Op. 8 generates the wish for an in-depth analysis of the score’s piano writing issues. I found interesting to discover the similarities between this work and George Enescu’s Piano Sonata in F♯ minor, Op. 24, No. 1. The structure of the Fantasy displays, along its five movements, several piano writing aspects which illustrate Lipatti’s musical thought: aural events unfold in an improvisatory manner, the listener witnessing alternating highly virtuosic and highly refined, introspective sections. The score features polyphonic or harmonic piano textures, glimpses of keyboard toccata or hints of impressionist tones.
Journal: Musicology Today: Journal of the National University of Music Bucharest
- Issue Year: 9/2018
- Issue No: 34
- Page Range: 101-110
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
