Henryk Mikołaj Gorecki's Chamber Works in the Context of the Changes of the Composer's Style: Selected Examples Cover Image

Dzieła kameralne Henryka Mikołaja Góreckiego w kontekście przemian stylu kompozytora. Wybrane przykłady
Henryk Mikołaj Gorecki's Chamber Works in the Context of the Changes of the Composer's Style: Selected Examples

Author(s): Weronika Sucharska
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Koło Naukowe Studentów Muzykologii UJ
Keywords: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki; 20th-century music; chamber music; Polish music;composition techniques; Aria operatic stage; Concerto for Five Instruments and String Quartet;Quartettino; Muzyczka IV

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study stylistic changes in Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s works based on four predefined instances of chamber music: Quartettino, Op. 5, Concerto for Five Instruments and String Quartet, Op. 11, Muzyczka IV, Op. 28 and Aria scena operowa, Op. 59. The use of structural, auditory and style-critics analyses has made is possible to follow the variety of the composition techniques present in chamber compositions. Additionally, it has allowed to exhibit idiomatic features of Górecki’s style and enabled to study the way in which Górecki used chamber music.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 03 (46)
  • Page Range: 91-113
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish