Analytical incursions into the first work in section I of the vocal-chamber cycle “Ponti Euxini Clepsydra, Sketches in ink wash painting” for oboe, clarinet, soprano, harp and percussion – “Omnia sunt hominum tenui pedentia filo” by Felicia DONCEANU

Abstract

The love for playfulness, poetry and theatre marked the entire creation of the composer Felicia Donceanu, who tried, through minimal means of achievement, to extract the essence of artistic expression, which any performer or listener could enjoy. The intrinsic link between the two artistic components – the poetic text and the musical text, generated an original compositional style, placed far from the atonal and athematic avant-garde, embracing a modal-chromatic language, sometimes of a romantic nature, at other times with folkloric elements, with neoclassical features, impressionist or expressionist. The ingenuity and diversity of the expressive methods used place Felicia Donceanu in a timeless setting, devoid of a deliberate stylistic affiliation.