{"title":"“Study for the Left Hand” by Bela Bartok","authors":"Corina Ibănescu","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"The complexity of the artistic personality of the musician Bela Bartok also includes his works for the piano, he himself being a master of the keyboard, who, in his capacity as a composer, was concerned with enriching the piano art with new technical and aesthetic means. The \"Study for the Left Hand\" was originally intended as the first movement of a piece entitled \"Sonata\", but Bartók did not continue to compose the other parts. The initial idea grounds the construction of the work on the three dominant sections of this strict form. The tonality of the secondary theme is F major and the structure is that of a simple tripartite lied, consisting of three periods. Each period consists of two symmetrical phrases. The F sound of the bass, on which rests the cadential chord of the exposition passing into the soprano opens the second large section of the sonata, the development. The first part of it elaborates the expressive theme of the bridge. The secondary theme appears at the end of the development, having a more prominent romantic profile. The concluding theme draws soaring arcs and the Coda brings the main theme descending for the first time, ending the work with a final declamation of the main motif, which travels triumphantly through the registers of the keyboard.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127113638","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":"Iannis Xenakis, the Initiator of a New Phase in 20th Century Music: Aleatorism","authors":"C. Rîpă","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.14","url":null,"abstract":"Observing the deadlock reached by serial music at the beginning of the 50's, especially in the music of Pierre Boulez - of an immense density - but obtained through an extremely exhausting compositional effort in order to respect the serial rules, Iannis Xenakis is realizing that these densities can be obtained through other techniques offered by mathematical approaches such as Markov chains and the calculation of probabilities. The idea itself can be compared to that of Schonberg, 50 years ago, when, noticing the huge coefficient of chromaticism and dissonance in Wagner's music, obtained (also with great effort) on the principle of tonal functionalism, he totally simplified the technique to obtain these chromatic melodies and dissonant chords on the principle of dodecaphonism. Relatively in the same way, Iannis Xenakis opens a new musical historical stage through these techniques by appealing to mathematical science for the calculation of the chances implied by the game of dice (alea). Xenakis's suggestion then inspired other ways for performing the game of chance, to composers who did not master the science of mathematics, unleashing the freedom of imagination, these composers being almost all in the generation 50s-80s till nowadays: John Cage, Krzysztof Penderecki, Gyorgy Ligeti, etc.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130793529","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":"Formalised or Music? Some Thoughts on Xenakis's Khoai","authors":"Barbara Dobretsberger","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"The analytical approach to Xenakis's compositions is largely focused on the underlying mathematical operations of the music. More recently; however, some analyses have relativised the relevance of the mathematical basis. Xenakis's own statements can support this relativisation. Taking into account the meaning of the title and recognising Khoaï´s distinctly gestural character, an interpretive approach to Khoai is ventured. The form and performance of the work can be interpreted as storytelling, with the gestures and movements involved in the preparation of a sacrifice to the ancient gods.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124542171","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":"Xenakis and the Echoes of War","authors":"Christoph Von Blumroder","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Iannis Xenakis was among those European artists whose youth was overshadowed by the Second World War. He is a prominent example of a composer being for his lifetime influenced and determined in his character and musical work by experiences of barbaric dictatorship, ideological terror, and military destruction. And these experiences became transformed into the semantics of his musical compositions.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117193783","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":"Four States of the Personality of Composer Iannis Xenakis and their Extensions in the Contemporary Digital Environment","authors":"Cătălin Crețu","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"The research addresses some digital implementations in music-specificprogram ming environments generated by Xenakis' musical concepts, capitalizing on influences of the composer's artistic thinking. Starting from the identification of four states of his personality, I present and analyze selected software that bears the imprint of the composer's ideas or influence and techniques that were at the basis of the conception of the composition I.X.@100 for soprano and tape.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115484043","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":"Xenakis and Grisey on Musical Time","authors":"Lukas Haselbock","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"Many composers of the twentieth century have reflected on the topic of “musical time”. Two of them were Iannis Xenakis and Gérard Grisey. In this context, we can discuss some common ground, but also several differences. First, we discuss points of attraction as far as Xenakis’ and Grisey’s attitude towards musical time is concerned. Secondly, we point out the differences that imply Xenakis criticisms of integral serialism and the existing contradiction between serial structure and the musical result.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130139900","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":"Xenakis and Romanian Music: An Unspoken Relation","authors":"Mihu Iliescu","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"Xenakis’ music can be related to an ancient cultural background composed of Thracian, Byzantine and oriental elements, shared by Greece, Romania and other South-East European countries. A central element of this background is mythical thinking as defined by Mircea Eliade: a forma mentis involving a particular relation to the sacred, the coexistence of the archaic and the modern, and the attachment to archetypes. Mythical thinking accounts for the affinities existing between Xenakis and Romanian composers like Niculescu, Olahand Rădulescu, which concern specific aspects such as heterophony, modalism and spectralism. However, Xenakis’ Romanian roots are unassumed and unspoken as they belong to the unconscious and the repressed. They nevertheless occasionally emerge precisely as manifestations of a return of the repressed.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116473031","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":"Xenakis’ Strategies for Implementing Musical Immersion onto Listeners","authors":"M. Lisecka, F. Constantin","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to describe Xenakis’s ways of implementing his music immersion. The literature overviewed indicates that the concept of immersion, which is so important to the contemporary audio-visual art, implies a state of deep mental involvement in which the person’s experience disassociates from the consciousness of the physical world due to an alteration in their attention state. Moreover, the concepts of “participation“, “absorption“, “total immersion”, and of a work – opus absolutum et perfectumare described as tools used by Xenakis to implement his sounds onto listeners.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131699310","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":"Music’s Incited ‘Augmented Reality’ in Xenakis’s Polytopes, Scriabin’s Mysterium and Polymediality","authors":"Marios Elia","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"The Polytopes by Iannis Xenakis is the collective name of a series of spatial multimedia installations and musical land art pieces realised on the second half of the 20th century, which take part in the tradition that links Richard Wagner’s conception of the total art work, the Gesamtkunstwerk. In the first decade of the same century, Alexander Scriabin envisioned his interpretation of a total art work, the utopian multimedia and multisensorial symphony Mysterium. By providing a brief description of the Concept of Polymediality (2003) and representative compositions associated with its two dimensions, this paper forms the hypothesis that all aforementioned works come under the contemporary notion of ‘augmented reality’. This is understood within a hybrid and polyaesthetic context, in which the composer defines a spatial unity of all media elements interacting with the music.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132382996","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":"Etre xenakien : Une tentative d’exploration des lignes de fracture ouvertes par Iannis Xenakis dans la pensée musicale contemporaine","authors":"Jean-Marc Chouvel","doi":"10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2022.15.64.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"C’est peu de dire que Xenakis a marque son époque. Peu de musiciens ont propose une rupture aussi significative dans la conception meme du fait musical, au point que cette ligne de fracture est encore extrêmement vivante. On essaiera de comprendre l’origine et la nature du changement de paradigme propose par Xenakis pour l’art musical. A travers diverses rencontres historiques, Varese, mais aussi Boris de Schloezer et Marina Scriabine, dans la facon tres specifique qu’il a eu de s’integrer au debat tres actif en France sur le formalisme, en prenant aussi en consideration le moment sociologique bien particulier comprendre les ressorts de la pensée musicale qui emerge et trouve en lui sa figure de proue. On s’interrogera egalement sur ce qui est vivant aujourd’hui de cette pensee et en quoi cela fait encore sens, et peut-etre plus que jamais, d’etre xenakien.","PeriodicalId":440876,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115137757","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}