ENESCU’ STYLE ELEMENTS IN THE PIANO QUINTET BY TUDOR CIORTEA

Abstract

George Enescu, a founder of the modern Romanian composition school, had a major influence on the Romanian musical work due to his view on composition. Tudor Ciortea, an important composer of the 70s and 80s, was one of the musicians who took over aspects specific to George Enescu’s style. An important part of Tudor Ciortea’s composition work (1903-1982) depicts the assimilation of the elements specific to the Enescian musical language adapted to the Transylvanian composer’s particular style. In Cvintetul cu pian (The Piano Quintet) by T. Ciortea one can identify, as if reproduced under a musical shape, the composer’s study on Sonata a III-a pentru pian şi vioară (The IIIrd Sonata for Piano and Violin) op. 2, which was published.