Wladimir Pantchev and his Work, Spiele, for four Clarinets and one Player. Similarities with Romanian Composers

Abstract

This paper investigates the style of the Bulgarian-Austrian composer Wladimir Pantchev referring to his instrumental theatre piece Spiele /Plays for four clarinets and one player. In the same time, common as well as different features are observed between Pantchev and certain Romanian composers, who used the proceed of heterophony. The most closed to Pantchev’s thinking was Ștefan Niculescu, whom Pantchev met and had an influence on his work. Pantchev’s hererophony is based on the variants of a folk melody, which he put together in his music, using the aleatoric principle. Closed to Romanian composers is the using of the folklore (archaic Bulgarian and extra-European). He was awarded of the spiritual meaning of the folk material which he quoted, but he intended to give another meaning to it. The music theater Spiele will be analyzed focusing on the Balkan folkloric inspiration and new compositional techniques of Wladimir Pantchev.