Karl-Birger Blomdahl et Studies in musicology 22

Studies in musicology 22
Karl-Birger Blomdahl et Ingvar Lidholm :
Enjeux mélodiques, tonals et organiques des années 1940
The doctoral thesis Karl-Birger Blomdahl et Ingvar Lidholm :
Enjeux mélodiques, tonals et organiques dans les années 1940
by Cécile Bardoux Lovén was written through a joint doctoral
programme in a co-operation between Stockholm University
and Paris-Sorbonne University, in the discipline of Musicology.
Cécile Bardoux Lovén
Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968) and Ingvar Lidholm (1921- )
were two leading figures in modern Swedish music. While studying
in Stockholm they created a study circle known as the Monday
Group. Regarded as anti-romanticists, Blomdahl and Lidholm
revitalized musical creation by prioritizing compositional technique
(as in hantverk, i.e. craft), melodic line and Gestalt concepts such as
organicism.
Following a study of this shared historical, aesthetic and theoretical
framework, this thesis proposes a detailed analysis of thirty works by
Blomdahl and Lidholm, dating from the 1940s. Based on the initial
aesthetic and theoretical context and also on the theories of Schenker
and Meyer, the analytical method used enables a graphical and textual
representation of the compositional coherence and dynamic of the
respective works.
This thesis establishes the essential melodic, tonal and organic
divergences in the musical languages of Blomdahl and Lidholm.
Additionally, this thesis shows that the notions of linearity, dissonance
and counterpoint have a deeper significance in Blomdahl’s and
Lidholm’s respective musical languages than is to be found in many
texts dating from this period. Finally, this thesis highlights aesthetic
and compositional components that significantly invigorate modern
music in Sweden.
Karl-Birger Blomdahl et
Ingvar Lidholm :
Enjeux mélodiques, tonals et
organiques des années 1940
Cécile Bardoux Lovén
Partie A (mesures 10-23 : sopranos)
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ISBN 978-91-7447-609-5
ISSN 1103-6362
Department of Musicology and
Performance Studies
Doctoral Thesis in Musicology at Stockholm University, Sweden 2012
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