Review of repertoire for guitar and piano duo from the 18th to the 21st century in historical perspective Cover Image

Przegląd repertuaru na duet gitarowo-fortepianowy w ujęciu historycznym od XVIII do XXI wieku
Review of repertoire for guitar and piano duo from the 18th to the 21st century in historical perspective

Author(s): Aleksandra Popiołek-Walicki
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, Recent History (1900 till today), 18th Century, 19th Century, History of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: guitar and piano; chamber music; repertoire; Anton Diabelli; Dusan Bogdanovic; Walicki-Popiołek Duo; contemporary Polish compositions for guitar and piano;

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at discussing the directions of development of the repertoire for chamber guitar-piano duet. Using the methods of historical sciences as well as music theory, the author focuses on the most important aspects of repertoire development, for the ensemble which is quite unusual in classical music, and relies on data from her own searches and interviews with composers. The repertoire is presented as a whole: from the time of the emergence of performance practice for guitar and piano, whose beginnings can be observed in the music of the 18th century, to compositions written in 2020. The repertoire has been divided into segments and classified according to the author's concepts. It also describes the most important, in the author’s - active concert performer – belief, sound perspectives in selected works with emphasis on those compositional means which guarantee the balance of sound of individual parts without multi-aspect prejudice to both instruments.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 79-98
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish