"shostakovitch" - 1 õppematerjal

ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.

TUBIN. THE CREATIVE EVOLUTION OF ARVO PÄRT. In the Eighth Symphony of Tubin, the increasing tragic tone that was driving out optimism, noble feelings and lyrics was clearly observable. But the composer overcame his inner crisis and after some time began to see bright colours in reality. A clear example of this is his Ninth Symphony (1969)1. Tubin himself entitled it Sinfonia Semplice, arguing: …why should I not be able to write a light and simple symphony as well as Shostakovitch? But in reality this two-movement work is very concentrated and complicated; its simplicity is only seeming. The characteristic features are broadly epic, lyric with an elegiac tinge and lacking in the tragic. The dramatic episodes do not take the upper hand. The work, standing in close relation to life, bears at the same time a stamp of introspection. The music is tonal and functional connections between separate sections are obvious.