{"title":"Great personalities of military music. Ioan Vlăduță – head of music, general inspector of military music, composer, military","authors":"Cristina Mioara Ioan","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.11","url":null,"abstract":"The history of military music records the work of several great personalities of the genre, capable soldiers and accomplished musicians. Their musical, organizational and military activity directly influenced the existence of military and civilian fanfare bands in Romania. Ioan Vlăduță is a representative name for the first half of the 20th century, going through all the stages from band boy, instrumentalist, conductor, band leader, to the supreme position of general inspector of Romanian Military Music. His life intertwined compositional, conducting and coordinating activity - both in peacetime and during the years of the First World War, at the front.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"127 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140472692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Specific elements of Cuban music, evolution","authors":"Florin Balan","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Although there is a substantial variety of educational materials that generally address jazz, improvised, harmonic moment, composition and orchestral arrangements, there is very little analysis of Cuban composers of music for Afro-Cuban jazz ensembles. The paper focuses on transcription, analysis of the background of the works selected by Chucho Valdes for the group Irakere, with emphasis on the selected passages for the rhythmic-harmonic section. Fundamental elements of Cuban music, including the executions of the clave formulas, the African rhythmic cells that subsequently influenced the bebop style, the Cuban vocabulary and dance music are addressed and provide the basis for analysis.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"71 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140476179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Converter System writing and isobematic language in Christopher Bochmann's ESSAY XVIII","authors":"Goncalo Pescada","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.21","url":null,"abstract":"Christopher Bochmann, one of the most prominent composers and pedagogues of our time, is the only composer in Portugal, at this moment, to include in his catalogue 4 works that integrate the Accordion in the midst of contemporary music. Using isobematic language as a starting point and form of expression, Bochmann composed for Solo Accordion, Accordion in Chamber Music, Accordion in Ensemble and Concert for Accordion and Orchestra. In this article, we are going to investigate the work Es-say XVIII and how the composer organizes the form, structures the musical ideas and builds the idiomatic writing for Accordion using the converter system.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"236 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140474959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cornel Taranu ou La lecon sur le contraste","authors":"Amalia Szucs-Blanaru","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Cornel Taranu became history. Among the works he has left us are four piano miniatures composed in the 1960s. We have set out to analyse two of them, Contrast I-II, looking at the musical contrasts that are at the basis of the genesis of these two works. We are referring to the rhythmic, dynamic, tempo, register, texture and organization contrasts of the sound material. The results show that the two works can stand alongside any other piano composition of the universal creation of the second half of the 20th century.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"254 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140477636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beethoven’s C minor and the anxieties of inner conflict from the perspective of the Piano and Violin Sonatas","authors":"Mihaela Itigan","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.12","url":null,"abstract":"Causing a radical change to the musical language at the turn of the 19th century, Beethoven is the composer of a profound musical discourse which expressively exploits a ceaseless alternation between rhetoric and virtuosity, thus elevating music to new stylistic and aesthetic heights. In consonance with the darkest entities of Beethoven’s emotional plane, the C minor tonality has the quality to emphasize the symbolic character of music typical of the analogies created between its own sonorities and the different, mostly febrile, states of mind. Under the aegis of an authentic and evolutive vision, the piano and violin sonatas follow the ascending path of the musical language, the composer focusing attention on his works according to experienced emotions and conveyed artistic message. Therefore, the composer will begin his first period of creation works in a classically aesthetic pattern which, gradually elaborated, will be centered on the pathetic C minor of the piano and violin sonata op. 30, no. 2.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"36 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140479015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Serbian choral music from the first half of the 20th century","authors":"V. Ibanescu, I.-A. Ardeleanu","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.10","url":null,"abstract":"In the period of the building up of Serbian musical life, the first professional musicians were foreign artists, and then, in the second half of the century, domestic professional personnel were also formed. Serbian choral composers were educated in various European centres, such as Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Rome and Leipzig. The work of numerous Serbian singing societies in the 1830s paved the way for the quality of some choirs, especially those in Belgrade, to be noticed on the international scene in the era of Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac. When the era of S. S. Mokranjac was over, according to many, a \"new era\" for Serbian art began, and the tradition of the time was not only not abandoned, but also expanded and flourished.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140477740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primitivism in Early 20th Century French Music: Darius Milhaud’s La creation du monde","authors":"M. Rucsanda, N. Karácsony","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.22","url":null,"abstract":"The first decades of the 20th century, particularly the post-war era, brought about numerous philosophical and cultural changes. Exoticism and orientalism were concepts that still governed arts and music, however the philosophical concepts that lay beyond the use of exotic or oriental themes was gradually altered. Exoticism represented more than the possibility for artists to create an idealized elsewhere, inspired by the contact with foreign cultures and their artistic products. It also offered artists the opportunity to express the complex meaning of various symbols associated with exoticism. In this context, Western society gradually turned toward a new aesthetic that could provide artists with an apparent connection to the roots of mankind. Primitivism, associated with folk art and mythology, represented a utopic state, prior to civilization or colonialism, but at the same time, it offered the possibility to explore certain archetypal symbols and express their possible meaning through art. Art nègre, represented by African and African American art and music, was most often associated with this aesthetic of primitivism, and influenced the works of Western artists. French composer Darius Milhaud returns to the theme of origins and creation in the work La création du monde, which combines elements associated with the concept of primitivism, with jazz music and Western compositional techniques.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"49 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140478553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Suite for Piano in the Creation of George Enescu and Constantin Silvestri - Tradition and Originality","authors":"Ioan Mihailescu","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.15","url":null,"abstract":"The composers George Enescu and Constantin Silvestri played an important role in the evolution of the piano suite genre in the Romanian music of the 20th century. The Piano Suite in D major op. 10 (1901-1903) by G. Enescu combines elements of baroque origins with elements of French music (present especially in the music of Ravel and Debussy) and elements of folklore influence from genres of Romanian traditional folk music (doinas and dances ). The Suite III op.6 no. 1 (1933) by Constantin Silvestri includes pieces that feature an Expressionist theme. The melody is defined by a fusion between improvisation and rigorous organization. The presence within the same piece of some songs of diatonic structure with intensely chromatic songs stands out. The two suites for piano reflect the concern of the composers G. Enescu and C. Silvestri to widen the sphere of expression of a traditional framework, achieving this through the originality of their compositional language.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"425 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140476721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The bassoon between tradition and avant-garde in the Romanian school (last half of the 20th century beginning of the 21st century)","authors":"Maria Chifu","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.4","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the evolution of the bassoon in the Romanian school of music from the late 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century. It examines the cultural and political context that influenced the development of the Romanian school of composition and the diversification of artistic currents. The article highlights the technical improvements in the bassoon and the contributions of Romanian bassoonists in expanding the repertoire for the instrument. It also discusses the exploration of new effects and sounds in contemporary compositions. The article showcases notable works in the Romanian school of music, including Nicolae Brânduș' \"Melopedie & Fugue,\" Maya Badian's \"Capriccio,\" Ștefan Niculescu's \"Monophonie – Sonata,\" and Violeta Dinescu's \"Satya II.\" Overall, the article emphasizes the fusion of tradition and avant-garde elements in the Romanian school of music and the continuous push to expand the boundaries of the bassoon.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"62 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140475432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facial Expression in Italian and French Opera Acting at the Turn of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Perspective of the Encyclopedic Sources","authors":"Małgorzata Lisecka","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2023.16.65.3.13","url":null,"abstract":"The expressive qualities of acting in opera – both French and Italian – in the 18th century were highly valued. My analysis will include comments made on this subject by J.J. Rousseau in his famous “Dictionnaire de musique”, followed by other encyclopedists of the late 18th and early 18th/early 19th centuries, especially French. Although it was agreed that correct singing technique was a sine qua non condition for performing an opera role, meeting this condition was only the beginning of a difficult path, the aim of which was to express affect using various stage means. I will show that the facial expression recommended to opera actors aimed primarily at presenting values consistent with bourgeois ethics and aesthetics derived from sentimentalism, in line with the new direction of development of opera theatre in social life, especially in France.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"429 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140472873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}