Page 60 - Glasbenopedagoški zbornik Akademije za glasbo v Ljubljani / The Journal of Music Education of the Academy of Music in Ljubljana: Jakob Jež (1928-) Tokovi sodobne zborovske glasbe, leto 14, zvezek 29 / Year 14, Issue 29, 2018
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SBENOPEDAGOŠKI ZBORNIK, 29. zvezek
Summary
Vocal music has played an important role in the work of Jakob Je . When composing
vocal music, composers always have to address the selection of textual material and its
semantic level in relation to the musical texture. The relationship between music and
literature has constantly been changing throughout history, and has greatly proliferated
after World War II, especially in the period of the avant-garde in the 1950s and 1960s.
Works for mixed choirs by Jakob Je can be divided into two main groups: first, the
compositions that comply with the semantic level of the text and are, according to the
composer, dedicated to a "simple" user; second, more complex works. The vast majority
of the selected texts belong to the Slovene poetry of different periods, including Je 's own
texts. The other important group involves folk songs. Je uses two approaches when he
sets a text to music: music is either following the word stress and the rhythm of the
language or is using one or more mechanisms to neutralize the semantic level of the text.
The pieces belonging to the second group strongly suggest that Jakob Je is not only
familiar with the achievements of the avant-garde but has, to a certain degree, also
managed to successfully incorporate them into his own compositional thinking.
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Summary
Vocal music has played an important role in the work of Jakob Je . When composing
vocal music, composers always have to address the selection of textual material and its
semantic level in relation to the musical texture. The relationship between music and
literature has constantly been changing throughout history, and has greatly proliferated
after World War II, especially in the period of the avant-garde in the 1950s and 1960s.
Works for mixed choirs by Jakob Je can be divided into two main groups: first, the
compositions that comply with the semantic level of the text and are, according to the
composer, dedicated to a "simple" user; second, more complex works. The vast majority
of the selected texts belong to the Slovene poetry of different periods, including Je 's own
texts. The other important group involves folk songs. Je uses two approaches when he
sets a text to music: music is either following the word stress and the rhythm of the
language or is using one or more mechanisms to neutralize the semantic level of the text.
The pieces belonging to the second group strongly suggest that Jakob Je is not only
familiar with the achievements of the avant-garde but has, to a certain degree, also
managed to successfully incorporate them into his own compositional thinking.
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