Entre nationalisme et modernité : le répertoire pour le piano de la péninsule ibérique des années 1886-1927
This essay targets the musical language of the art music piano repertoire of the Iberian Peninsula, covering the years 1886 to 1927, pianistic composition having known an unprecedented effervescence in Iberian music history between the end of the XIXth and the beginning of the XXth Century. One finds in the ensemble of works hereby studied a will for national expression and a concern for the research of a modern musical style. In these works, national expression materializes mainly through the borrowing of Iberian folk and popular musical material, as well as by the evocation of peninsular life. On the other hand, the quest for musical modernity draws its inspiration from aesthetic and stylistic elements of French, Russian and Central-European modernism. The works studied are those of three Portuguese composers: Luiz Costa (1879-1960), Francisco de Lacerda (1869-1934) and Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-1994) and four Spanish composers: Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909), Enrique Granados (1867-1916), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) and Federico Mompou (1893-1987). The musical language of these works is mainly analyzed in terms of form, harmony and texture, whereas historical and biographical information brings context to this analysis. Each chapter attempts to address a particular issue or phenomenon proper to the studied work (or group of works) and offers some elements of reflection concerning the interrogations raised by musical analysis.
Portugal Spain Modernism Music Analysis