The symbiosis of music genres in works by Nikolai Kapustin

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The symbiosis of music genres in works by Nikolai Kapustin

Journal Title: Notes Muzyczny - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin is a composer and pianist, born on 22 November 1937 in Horlivka, Ukraine. The article is an attempt to define sound qualities of Kapustin’s music. By juxtaposing the characteristic features of classical music and jazz, the author shows and describes the categories which can be found in the composer’s pieces. According to the author, the best name for his style is the jazzified classical music as the composer in an original way transplanted elements of jazz into classical music, first of all: swing, walking bass, improvisation and virtuoso idiom, articulation emancipating the diverse rhythm, polyrhythm, polymetre, stride, boogie-woogie, jazz-rock stylistics, Erroll Garner’s style, riff structure, dissonant harmony with higher harmonic structures, suspended chords, slash chords, blue-notes, fourth harmonics, scales, glissandos, tremolos, arpeggios and percussion qualities. These elements are supported with examples from Trio op. 86 for flute, cello and piano by N. Kapustin. The author of the article combines the secret of Kapustin’s music with the glorification of life, which can be noticed in the impulses, vitality, resilience, and wittiness of sounds that are often harsher and dirtier. The article includes a list of Kapustin’s piano chamber pieces and it was enriched with brilliant quotations from Kapustin about his artistic path and creative output.<br/><br/>

Authors and Affiliations

Radosław Stefański

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