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DISCURSIVE ARCHETYPES IN THE MUSIC OF BEDRICH SMETANA

P. Coroiu, A. Belibou

First published: 2019https://doi.org/10.5593/SWS.ISCAH.2019.1/S25.037View metrics

Abstract

Bedrich Smetana is one of the most important composers of the 19th century national schools, being the one who stylistically outlined the Czech music. Our paper highlights the discursive archetypes of his art, in an attempt to summarize the concise but exhaustive picture of his compositional means of articulating the musical discourse. Although his compositional means are typical for Romanticism, the vastness of the musical genres he chose makes us say that he is one of those who possesses, together with Dvorak, the stylistic key of Czech cult music. Characterized by researchers as romantic, nationalist and realistic at the same time, the composer from whose death we commemorate 135 years on the 12th of May this year, has marked the entire register of musical creations from piano works to vocal and choral, chamber music, orchestral works or opera. His discursive strategies are based on an inner dynamic of the work, that emphasizes the typical romantic elements related to the presentation of the climax, the general breaks as semantic suspension, the positioning of the orchestral and vocal musical layers.

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Title
DISCURSIVE ARCHETYPES IN THE MUSIC OF BEDRICH SMETANA
Authors
P. Coroiu, A. Belibou
Proceedings
6th SWS International Scientific Conference on Arts and Humanities ISCAH 2019
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2019
Pages
281-286
SWS Citekey
Coroiu201925281286
ISSN
2682-9940
ISBN
978-619-7408-90-4
Language
en
Publication type
Proceedings Paper
Keywords
Romanticismnational schooldiscursive archetypesCzech music
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