The Semantics of Virtuosity in Genre-Stylistic System of C. Saint-Saëns’s Album for Piano op. 72

Klendii Oleh

doi:10.34064/khnum1-52.03

Abstract

The Semantics of Virtuosity in Genre-Stylistic System of C. Saint-Saëns’s Album for Piano op. 72

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In recent decades an intensive development of art semiotics, which contributes to the investigation of the concept of musical compositions and their functioning in performance practice, has been observed
Music semantics and performance texture are closely interrelated, since texture elements as semantic signs are able to convey the semantic expression of the language of music
There is an interdependence of music styles and texture elements at historical, national and individual composer’s levels

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In recent decades an intensive development of art semiotics, which contributes to the investigation of the concept of musical compositions and their functioning in performance practice, has been observed. Music semantics and performance texture are closely interrelated, since texture elements as semantic signs are able to convey the semantic expression of the language of music. There is a strong semantic interrelation between an individual music genre and its typical texture, which has established itself in music practice and has become its distinctive feature. There is an interdependence of music styles and texture elements at historical, national and individual composer’s levels. Texture was in focus and tempo-rhythm, articulation, dynamics and agogics created tonal variations (clarity of Chopin’s jeu perlé, bravura octaval passage works by Liszt)

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