A Semiotic Approach to Enescu’s 3rd Sonata for Piano and Violin and Bartók’s 1st Sonata for Violin and Piano
A Semiotic Approach to Enescu’s 3rd Sonata for Piano and Violin and Bartók’s 1st Sonata for Violin and Piano
Author(s): Antigona RădulescuContributor(s): Simina Neagu (Translator)
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: Enescu’s 3rd Sonata for Piano; Bartók’s 1st Sonata for Violin;Béla Bartók; George Enescu;
Summary/Abstract: Both born 130 years ago, Béla Bartók and George Enescu are composers with many affinities. Their works reflect important mutations in musical language, aesthetics and style between the nineteenth and twentieth century. Following the semiotic perspective, the analysis of two of their works – an original synthesis of East-European traditional music and Western cultural dimensions – is connected with considerations about their sources of inspirations as well as their reception. The analysis encourages the correctness of the study of structural elements through their immediate association with expressive aspects, revealing an entire inner universe that the music of Enescu and Bartók allude to.
Journal: Musicology Today: Journal of the National University of Music Bucharest
- Issue Year: 3/2012
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 28-37
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
