A City Called Wagner
A City Called Wagner
Author(s): Antigona RădulescuContributor(s): Maria Monica Bojin (Translator)
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: Dan Dediu; ConcertOpera; deterritorialization; semiotic and narrative approach;
Summary/Abstract: The orchestral work Wagner Under is Op. 157 in composer Dan Dediu’s oeuvre. It was composed in 2014 and since then it was played in Romania and Denmark with great success. Wagner Under is particularly intriguing in terms of its compositional technique, the complexity of its conceptual layers, and the open character of its interpretation, as my analysis endeavors to demonstrate. Drawing on concepts from the fields of musical semiotics and narratology, I explore Wagner Under in terms of both expression and content (in a Hjelmslevian sense). Analyzed together, the two may truly reveal the composer’s strategy, the exuberant fantasy with which he creates sonorous worlds with a significant impact on communication, and, ultimately, the features that define the musician’s truly unmistakable style.
Journal: Musicology Today: Journal of the National University of Music Bucharest
- Issue Year: 9/2018
- Issue No: 35
- Page Range: 125-166
- Page Count: 43
- Language: English