The numeric symbols of the compositional bar model
Abstract
The article is devoted to the musical semiotics issues – one of the most relevant areas of modern music-theoretical science. Currently, a methodology for analyzing genre-style semantics has been thoroughly developed. The study of the semantic functions of compositional structures is at an early stage. Among the little studied musical forms in this regard is the oldest vocal form AA B, called, starting from the tradition of the German Meistersingers, where the terminology that has been preserved to this day was developed, die Barform or der Bar. In this article, it is denoted by a compositional Bar model. The structural and semantic functions of the song form Bar define binary-ternary relations. The article shows the symbolism of the first terms of a simple arithmetic series. Each of its elements is represented in this poetic- musical form by a certain compositional function. The first section of A-Stollen, which exposes the main idea, establishes the intonational basis of the stanza, symbolizes the “beginning of the beginning” - the number “1”. Further, the music embodies the binary principle. The number “2” is represented in two pairs. A pair of identical elements AA forms Aufgesang. A pair of different – represents the intonation comparison of Aufgesang AA and Abgesang B. There is a transition from periodic symmetry to asymmetry. The asymmetry is also expressed by the symbolism of the number “3” in the total number of parts in the pattern, as well as in the through three-vers structure of the stanza. The author of the article, taking into account the stylistic and structural metamorphoses of the AA B pattern, which runs through the thousand-year history of European musical culture, considers it as a generative model in the formation of typical forms of European professional music. In conclusion, the etymological and semiotic interpretation of the numerical symbolism of the compositional model is presented and its dynamic potencies in musical formation are emphasized.
About the Author
S. S. Goncharenko
Mikhail Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana S. Goncharenko, D. Sc. (Art Criticism), Honoured Higher education employee of the Russian Federation, Member of the Union of composers of Russia, Full Professor
630099, Novosibirsk
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Goncharenko S.S. The numeric symbols of the compositional bar model. ARTE. 2021;(3):5-10. (In Russ.)
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