Reprezentacje karnawału w fantazjach na fortepian z orkiestrą Dariusa Milhauda i Heitora Villi-Lobosa

Abstract

The Representations of Carnival in Fantasias for Piano and Orchestra by Darius Milhaud and Heitor Villa-Lobos In the 1920s, Frenchman Darius Milhaud (1892–1974) and Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), inspired by the carnival, created works that resemble each other in genre and scoring. These are the fantasias for piano and orchestra: Mômoprecóce by Villa-Lobos and Le Carnaval d'Aix, Op. 83b by Milhaud. The article presents an attempt to analyse the pieces in the context of carnivalesque aesthetics as well as musical representation (as described by Peter Kivy and Lawrence Kramer) and seeks to deeply comprehend the phenomenon’s resonance in the composers’ music.