Combinatorics as a constant principle of I. Stravinsky’s orchestral writing

Hanna Savchenko

doi:10.34064/khnum2-21.12

Abstract

Combinatorics as a constant principle of I. Stravinsky’s orchestral writing

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We suggest our own definition of this concept
Orchestral writing is an individual system of technological devices and principles, determined by composer’s musical language and common, basic rules of orchestration, aimed at realisation of timbre and textural aspects of the work, conditioned by style, genre and artistic idea and incarnated in functional interaction of orchestral parts in horizontal and vertical axes
Stravinsky’s orchestral writing became discernible in his early works; we define them as multi-figure composition, combinatorics and plastique

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С. Комбинаторность как кон‐ стантный принцип оркестрового письма И. Стравинского – многофигурность, комбинаторность, пластичность, которые можно трактовать как «универсалии» оркестрового мышления композитора. Stravinsky’s orchestral writing became discernible in his early works; we define them as multi-figure composition, combinatorics and plastique.

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