POLYPHONY IN THE COMPOSITION PASAKALY FOR ONE HERO OF TOMISLAV ZOGRAFSKI Cover Image

ПОЛИФОНИЈАТА ВО КОМПОЗИЦИЈАТА ПАСАКАЛЈА ЗА ЕДЕН ХЕРОЈ ОД ТОМИСЛАВ ЗОГРАФСКИ
POLYPHONY IN THE COMPOSITION PASAKALY FOR ONE HERO OF TOMISLAV ZOGRAFSKI

Author(s): Tihomir Jovikj
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, Sociology of Art
Published by: Факултет за Драмски Уметности - Скопје
Keywords: Musical form; theme; syllable; polyphony; multilayer;

Summary/Abstract: This year a jubilee - 80 years from birth of Tomislav Zografski is being celebrated. Tomislav Zografski (1934-2000) is one of the most significant Macedonian composers. With his vast opus diverse in terms of genre, as well as his fruitful social-pedagogical work, Zografski leaves a significant mark in the Macedonian music history. Following the contemporary world music trends, he is one of the first composers in the Macedonian music that enters the features characteristic for the neoclassicism. Zografski has been awarded with a great number of significant awards and recognitions for his work. Why Passacaglia for a hero? Passacaglia for a hero (1980) for a symphonic orchestra, based on a topic according to the song Bilekjanka (1940) by Milan Apih, poses a unique autonomous polyphonic form in the instrumental orchestra work of Tomislav Zografski. Zografski won the 13 November award of the city of Skopje for this composition (1981). The purpose is to explain the approach of the composer towards the traditional music form Passacaglia. The following components will be analyzed through an analytical approach: music form, syllable and texture, the modality system and modality plan, the features and the construction of the thematic material, the application of the polyphonic syllable as a constructive composition - technical element, the type of polyphony and polyphonic procedures, vertical structures etc.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 30-41
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Croatian