Resonance as a Polyphonic Resource: An Analysis of <i>Erdenklavier</i> by Luciano Berio

• Main Author: Max Packer
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música 2012-12-01
• Series: Opus
• Subjects: Luciano Berio; Ressonância; Polifonia latente; Música do século XX; Análise musical.
• Online Access: http://www.anppom.com.br/revista/index.php/opus/article/view/162

The objective of this article is to share a reading of a piece for solo piano, Erdenklavier (1969), that is part of a cycle of miniatures called 6 Encores written by Luciano Berio, which, in a condensed form, interrelates two recurring principles of composition from Berio’s poetics: implicit polyphony over a single melodic line and resonance for potential amplification and development of statements. Therefore, the first part of this article is dedicated to introducing examples where a suggestion of resonance appears in three of Berio’s works–Chemins IV (1975), Il Ritorno degli Snovidenia (1976) and Leaf (1990)–to illustrate composing strategies related to the scope of this principle. Aswemovetowardspianopart,theanalysisgainsgreaterdetailinthattheelaborationof resonance for the instrument allows one to approach compositional aspects that lie precisely within the relationship between notions of resonance and latent polyphony.