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Adrian Iorgulescu's Symphony No. 2
Adrian Iorgulescu's Symphony No. 2

Author(s): Olguța Lupu
Contributor(s): Maria Monica Bojin (Translator)
Subject(s): Music, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: Romanian composer; musical time; modernity; postmodernity;

Summary/Abstract: The exploration of Symphony No. 2, a representative opus of Adrian Iorgulescu's creation, reveals some defining features of his entire oeuvre: cohesion and logic of the inner organization, economy of vocabulary and combinatorial inventiveness, coexistence of opposites, symmetric-asymmetric play, appeal to intertextuality and metastylistic elements. In brief, a vision that symbiotically integrates modernity and postmodernity (seen as a non-conformist and innovative recovery of tradition). With resolute, clear gestures, full of vividness, the composer configures a spiral time and creates very diverse expressive zones, from the mysterious to the dramatic, from inquietude to serenity, from tumult to introverted lyricism, thereby carving out a space for reflection on opposition and complementarity, permanence and metamorphosis, unity and diversity.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 141-156
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English