Elements of Modernity in the Piano Sonata by Anton Zeman

Abstract

: As Tiberiu Olah’s disciple, Anton Zeman proposes us a lesson in compositional refinement through the Piano sonata. The author's modern conception of the sonata form captivates you in identifying the compositional techniques that combine modalism diatonic with the chromatic structures. The musical discourse is presented monodically, homophonically or polyphonically. The melodic line is displayed horizontally by the fifth interval that is projected in some hypostases through the serial stage, or vertically, through major-minor chords superimposed with quartz structures, treated at the boundary between the gravitational and the atonal – spaced by registers of different timbres, supported by a heterogeneous or homogeneous rhythmic pulsation.