THE MICRO-VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUE IN MESSIAENESQUE FOR ORGAN (1993) BY EDUARD TERÉNYI
Keywords:
Eduard Terényi, Messiaenesque, contemporary organ music, variation form, micro variationAbstract
In the organ play Messiaenesques by E. Terényi, the theme of the micro-variations illustrates a series of dispersed stylistic suggestions of the music of Oliver Messiaen, namely, melodic lines, rhythms, the dynamics, chords and so on, which are used to create a series of analogies, variations or oppositions. The play on words from the title - by separating the word Messiaenesque we get Messiaen + Enescu - is not an amusement, as it may seem as there are some elements taken from the Enescu’s style and this play mirrors a double stylistic thinking. The variations are made through the montage technique, consisting in the selection of a number of paradigmatic microelements, of the cellular/figurative/motive microstructures of the musical language. This micro – entities can be easily identified having the graphic analyse in front: unifying the tones with imaginary lines, we get different geometrical figures.
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