THE SIDES OF THE SAME COIN: REGENT VERSUS REGENT-COMPOSER IN THE BALL OF FIRE BIRD OF IGOR STRAVINSKY- A TECHNICAL-INTERPRETATIVE ANALYSIS.
Musical Interpretation. Orchestral Conduction. Video Analysis. Sonic Visualiser
The present study exposes a discussion about the action of two characters, who propose to the same function and condition of musical direction (maestro), they are: The Regent-Autonomous and the Composer-Regent. In the first part we restrict the historical surveys to the composers (also regents) and regents (autonomous). As objects of study we had the performances recorded in videos of Seiji Ozawa (1935) and Ígor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), where we have respectively the personification of a case of the, here treated, pseudo dichotomy of the conductor: Regent-Autonomous and ComposerRegent. We have anchored authors such as Farberman (1997), Green (1987), Lago (2002), Rudolf (1969), Rocha (2004) and Scherchen (1989) among others for theoretical and technical questions of orchestral conduction, related to the occupation of the position of direction and conduction of orchestral groups. The analyzes were based on preselected audio / video sections through a separate system of separation and choice of objects and study points, after the choices we use progress and dynamics as parameters. In this process we use as a technological tool to obtain data the free software Sonic Visualiser, which proved very useful when working with orchestral audio, which differs from its original proposal in solo instrument analyzes. Such data were related to the gestural of the characters through the tool PatternCube, of the author Harold Farberman. The final part, from the data obtained, showed differences and similarities between the two views. We observed that non-fidelity to indications of progress and dynamics occur in both cases, but in different ways, which may also be explained by the gestural differences. Among the observations, it was noted that in the case of Stravinsky the apparently inaccurate gestures did not generate great losses to the musical execution due to the musical competence of the group, and that Ozawa, with more defined and active gestures, held a performance closer to the musical text.