Preliminary communication

From Vocal Miniature to Ballad: An Approach to Hubert Pettan’s Solo Song

Koraljka Kos ; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Hubert Pettan’s solo songs are considerable in number (39 solo songs) and an artistically relevant part of his entire composing oeuvre. They were continuously composed between 1933 and 1951, and then again after a longer intermission from 1975 to 1981. Thematically and musically they could be classified into three groups: lyric, ballad and miniature genre-images of mostly humorous character. Pettan uses all the possibilities of extended tonality and achieves a richly nuanced flow of the vocal and piano parts of his solo songs.

Keywords

Hubert Pettan; solo song; Croatian art song; 20th century

Hrčak ID:

116811

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/116811

Publication date:

11.11.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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