"conglomerations" - 1 õppematerjal

ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.

technique and grasping modern elements of composition. Laying the stress on refined sound construction, Sink puts aside wide melodic lines, differentiated harmony and sonata principles, thus reaching sonority. Timbres, texture and dynamics have an essential role in his Second Chamber Symphony (1967); rhythm has been maximally refined. Tempos are not given; at the performance, it is more important to follow the flow of music by seconds. The first movement is Conglomerations. This indicates the combining of sound lines and as a result all of the “sounding space” is filled. Aleatory forms and indefinable sound heights have been used: Example 157. The second movement is Groups. Juxtapositions and the adding of several groups of instruments are dominant. The music starts with “stereophonic” sound effects: 1 Kaheksa eesti tänase muusika loojat (Eight Creators of Estonian Modern Music) (Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1979) p. 170.