Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article attempts to understand the content of F. Poulenc’s vocal cycle "The Artist’s Work," based on the poems of Paul Éluard. The seven parts of the cycle are dedicated to 20th-century avant-garde artists, including P. Picasso, M. Chagall, J. Braque, H. Gris, P. Klee, J. Miró, and J. Villon. The resulting intertext is interesting for its interplay between three spheres: poetry, painting, and music, on the one hand, and Poulenc’s emphasis on the characteristic qualities inherent in the musical "portrait" of each artist, on the other. The composer employs various techniques, recreating the techniques of Cubism and Surrealism. The musical concept and its execution evoke an association with the phenomenon called "pensive text" by R. Barthes.
Author: Irina S. Stogniy
Institution: Gnessin Russian Academy of Music
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7124069734