Abstracts
Abstract
This article is a musical analysis and formal study of Sandeep Bhagwati’s piece, Atish-e Zaban (composed and premiered in 2006). It touches on modalities of composing vocal music and, in particular, aspects of Bhagwati’s methods for creating intercultural encounters and sonic situations. Atish-e Zaban is a comprovisation piece scored for six a capella new music singers based on a series of poems in Urdu by the Pakistani poet, Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984). This text uncovers layers of Bhagwati’s overall approach to vocal composition, providing an analytic guide for listening and performing, and describing the comprovisation methods used to express the connotations of the poems.
Keywords:
- contemporary vocal music,
- intercultural encounters,
- extra-normal voice,
- language semantics,
- comprovisation,
- human voice
Résumé
Cet article propose une analyse musicale ainsi qu’une étude formelle d’une oeuvre de Sandeep Bhagwati, Atish-e Zaban (composée et créée en 2006), tout en abordant les modalités de composition propres à la musique vocale dont, plus particulièrement, certains aspects spécifiques aux méthodes de Bhagwati quant à la création de rencontres interculturelles et de situations sonores. Atish-e Zaban est une pièce de comprovisation pour six chanteurs de musique nouvelle a capella, basée sur une série de poèmes en ourdou du poète pakistanais Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984). L’objectif de cet article est de découvrir les différentes facettes de l’approche globale de Bhagwati en matière de composition vocale, de fournir un guide analytique pour l’écoute et l’interprétation, et de décrire les méthodes de comprovisation du compositeur en relation avec les connotations littérales des poèmes.
Mots-clés :
- musique vocale contemporaine,
- rencontres interculturelles,
- voix extra-normale,
- sémantique du langage,
- comprovisation,
- voix humaine
Appendices
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