Synthesis of Music of the West and the East on the Example of a Piece for Dissected Piano “Tien-Shan” by Lilia Rodionova

Abstract

The article is a composer's commentary on his own work. The piece for the dissected piano «Tien Shan» was created in May 1982, in the city of Frunze, under the impression of the beauty of the mountain landscapes. The thematic basis for the two-part contrasting form was the folk Kyrgyz intonation. The first section is written for the preparation of the piano, the second-for the usual one. The following composition techniques were used: sonoristic, aleatoric, twelve-tone notes, sophisticated jazz harmony, repetitively, technique is a Central element. The work implements a synthesis of music from the West and the East. The first section has more Western influence. The East is shown here in a quasi-folk play and the beginning of the play, where the intonation as2-h2-c1 is used. In the second section, the East is manifested much more deeply — at the level of motivation and ways of developing musical material. Folklore intonations are combined with twelve-tone notes.