1. REJTETT TÖREDEZETTSÉG: BARTÓK VONÓSNÉGYESEINEK KOMPOZÍCIÓS FOLYAMATÁRÓL.
- Author
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Yusuke, Nakahara
- Subjects
SPECIAL functions ,TERMS & phrases ,ENTERTAINERS ,MANUSCRIPTS ,EXPLANATION - Abstract
The present paper is a preliminary study towards a deeper understanding of Bartók’s compositional process: how he filled in the manuscript paper even though the notation appears to be continuous. He did not always write the draft from the top left- hand corner to the bottom right- hand corner but occasionally omitted some bars or phrases that he intended to write down later. Thus, the continuity draft is not necessarily regarded as a continuity; it might have consisted of fragments but eventually they have been concealed in the final form of the draft. This may directly affect our interpretation of Bartók’s creative process. The present research takes the visual appearance of a draft as a clue to examining its hypothetical fragmentariness. Beginning with the examination of some actual blank spaces that were never filled, the paper deals with cases where the original existence of fragments is suggested by the unusual appearance of the draft, such as a blank space at the end of a system, notations in the margin, re- organization of barlines, etc. Besides systematic approaches to fragmentariness, the author offers some interpretation concerning the reasons why Bartók did not write the draft in an ordinary way. There might have been various differing explanations for why the linear compositional process was interrupted. One of the important findings of this paper is that Bartók’s bar- lines do not always mark metric accents but sometimes simply facilitate the performers’ orientation. Even though the occasional special function of some of his barlines as mere markers of orientation is explained by Bartók in a letter to Rudolf Kolisch, the existence of philological evidence to this effect may further underline its validity and importance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2023