Alberto Ginastera(1916-1983), a representative of Argentine composers of the 20th century, achieved his own unique style by combining the folk music elements of Argentina with modern composing technique.
The purpose of this study, a research and anal...
Alberto Ginastera(1916-1983), a representative of Argentine composers of the 20th century, achieved his own unique style by combining the folk music elements of Argentina with modern composing technique.
The purpose of this study, a research and analysis of <Danzas Argentinas Op. 2>is to understand his musical characteristics properly and to assist with performance a based on academic theory.
First, from theoretical point of view researched Argentine folk music, Ginastera's life, work style and the background of composing this work. I analyzed his composing style in four features - form, melody, harmony, and rhythm. This paper also suggests points to pay attention when performing. The resulty my study is as follows:
Composed of three dance music, the work consists of three forms: small rondo form, three-piece form and two-piece form.
Regarding melody and harmony, a pentatonic scale and a half scale are utilized for melody and bitonality, polytonality, tritone, and guitar code consisting of an open string sound(E-A-D-G-B) are used.
Ginastera uses folksy rhythm-Zamba and Malambo.
<Danzas Argentinas Op. 2>is one of the works that integrate the modern composing techniques with Argentina's folk music elements, and it is a useful work to understand his other works.