Related Sonorous Metaphors in the Lieds for Voice and Piano by Roxana Pepelea and Leonard Dumitriu, on Vasile Burlui’s Lyrics
Related Sonorous Metaphors in the Lieds for Voice and Piano by Roxana Pepelea and Leonard Dumitriu, on Vasile Burlui’s Lyrics

Summary/Abstract: This research paper is focused on the compositional methods that the two music creators resort to, in a definitely unique project for the Romanian contemporary musical space, if not internationally. Taking eight poems by Vasile Burlui, as a starting point, Leonard Dumitriu and Roxana Pepelea write music on the same lyrics, roughly the same time, yet without discussing each other’s creative vision. Members of the same generation, alumni of “George Enescu” Music Academy in Iaşi, late Vasile Spătărelu’s composition class, in the 80’s of the last century, the two protagonists of the voluntary experiment prove amazing resemblances (or perhaps less so …) in their deep compositional thinking, and produce similar responses to many of the ideational problems raised by the lyrics. Since the very first audition of the lieds, the two composers have noticed that, beyond Vasile Burlui’s exquisite, unique feelings and emotions, which are unavoidable and can therefore only be mirrored in their music, they are bound by their former mentor’s simple, human, bright soul depth. Especially in one of Roxana Pepelea’s lieds, the playful imagination of “Made”, as friends and students would call Spătărelu, brightly transpires and leaves no room for interpretations in terms of conceptual descent. The experiment outcomes are 16 lieds in a mirror, which confirm the strength, reliability and viability of the compositional school in Iaşi.

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