FORGOTTEN PAGES FROM ION MACOVEI’S CREATION

Abstract

This article is devoted to Ion Macovei’s creation, namely, to his Symphonieta Florile dalbe (lily-whiteflowers) in the ver­sion for string orchestra, realized by conductor Dumitru Goia. The author presents some information about the history of this creation and analyses the six-part cycle of the Symphonieta, where every movement has its own title in Latin. The character of these miniatures which are closely connected with Moldova calendar folklore, and first of all, with the carol genre, deter­mined the use of both archetypes of the monodic melody and of the early heterophony principles as well as the mode systems characteristic of regional musical folklore. here is also an analysis of the methods of orchestration used by Dumitru Goia in the score of the Symphonieta.

Keywords

• Ion Macovei
• a composer from the Republic of Moldova
• Symphonieta
• suite type cycle
• carol
• musical mini­ature
• string orchestra
• Latin names of movements
• conductor Dumitru Goia
• orchestration
• score
• musical folklorism
• heter-ophony
• modal-tonal speciics
• modal-tonal specifics