REPETITION AND FANTASY IN SPRING, POEM FOR SOPRANO, CLARINET AND PIANO, BY CARMEN PETRA-BASACOPOL by Şerban MARCU

“…The analysis focuses on the relationship between musical techniques (tonal systems, rhythm, timbrality) and the literary text, highlighting the oscillation between rigour (leitmotifs, ostinatos, elements of reprise) and fantasy (improvisational writing – especially for the clarinet –, the madrigal-type discourse). …”
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The Director–Composer Duo: Polanski & Komeda’s Deconstruction of Film Music Conventions in Horror Cinema. "Fearless Vampire Killers" (1967) and "Rosemary’s Baby" (1968) by Piotr Pomostowski

“…A key issue in this context, and one that applies to both of the analyzed films, is the technique of leitmotifs which Polanski and Komeda developed already in their first short films. …”
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Creative personality in V.S. Vysotsky's individual worldview by D.A. Cheremohina

“…The lexemes struna (‘string’) and gitara (‘guitar’) representing the concept of creation function as the leitmotifs in V.S. Vysotsky’s lyrics. They define the directions of association (linguistic, literary, reference, cultural) and the personality of the lyric character through his attitudes to friends, beloved woman, freedom, and life in general. …”
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