Compositional Parallels in Vladimír Godár’s Chamber Work with Piano Cover Image

Kompozičné paralely v komornej tvorbe s klavírom Vladimíra Godára
Compositional Parallels in Vladimír Godár’s Chamber Work with Piano

Author(s): Eva Ferková
Subject(s): Music, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Vladimír Godár; chamber works; piano; structural analysis;

Summary/Abstract: This study maps the basic features of Godar’s compositional language, particularly in four works: Ricercar for several versions of chamber instrumentation, where the piano has an important sound-painting and harmonic position, Sequence for violin and piano, Talisman for violin, cello and piano, and Sonata in Memory of Viktor Shklovsky for cello and piano, where the piano is both an accompanying and a solo instrument. In these works one can find common denominators: expressive motivic work, movement in tonal, modal, chromatic or atonal space, preference for one interval – for example the minor second (semi-tone) or minor third in combination with tritone, rich use of triadic chords from triads through seventh chords to harmonic clusters, and work with contrast in a variety of layers and parameters of musical structure. Apart from the common features, each of the compositions has its distinctive individual features also.

  • Issue Year: 6/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 292-306
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovak