Studiul Artelor şi Culturologie: Istorie, Teorie, Practică (Jun 2017)
GHEORGHE NEAGA’S QUARTET No.1 FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS BETWEEN OLD AND NEW
Abstract
Among all Gheorghe Neaga’s quartet opuses, Quartet No.1 for string instruments can be considered a sample for the autochthonous repertoire of chamber ensembles. It appeared at a time when the genre of quartet became determinant for the composer’s work, it represents an accumulation of all the author’s previous achievements in his composition activity. Although it is designed as a miniature, the quartet dedicated to a classical structure — two violins, viola and cello, contains a series of images whose complex multilateral character is shown between the lyrical and grotesque. In a classic quadripartite sonata-symphonic cycle, the structure which is dominated by the Allegro tempo, the contrast between the four parts tends to be considered a canonical one, and the unitary cyclical feature is done by the author through the juxtaposition of two dimensions. The first would be generated by its own quartet genre traditions, while the second dimension is determined by thematism and its usage according to some principles derived from folklore and related to the variant form.
