Two Facets of the Creative Process: Mark Kopytman’s Writings on Composition 

Authors

  • Yulia Kreinin Hebrew University, Jerusalem Author

Abstract

Kopytman’s writings on composition are a kind of post-compositional analysis that reveals the essence of the intuitive process. Like many 20th century composers, Kopytman summarizes his own creative and pedagogical experience, and he does it in a very short and concentrated way, similar to the famous “Pedagogical Sketchbook” by Paul Klee. Three essays by Kopytman, “About Heterophony,” "About Melodic Writing,” and “About Symmetrical Modes and the Technique of Substitution,” are presented in the article in more detail. 

Author Biography

  • Yulia Kreinin, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

    Prof. Yulia Kreinin (Krejnina) graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, and holds a Ph.D. from the Russian Art Research Institute (Moscow), where she worked from 1979-1993 as a senior research fellow. Prof. Kreinin arrived in Israel in 1994, and joined the faculty of the Department of Musicology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1996. Her principal area of research is 20th century European music (including Polish, German, Hungarian, Russian and Israeli), with special attention as to how art music has enriched each nation’s unique identity. Prof Kreinin has published two monographs (“Max Reger: His Life and Work”, Moscow, 1991, in Russian; “The Music of Mark Kopytman: Echoes of Imaginary Lines”, Berlin, 2008, in English) and two collections of essays (“György Ligeti: His Work and Personality”, Moscow, 1993, in Russian; “Mark Kopytman: Voices of Memories”, Tel Aviv, 2004, in English). She also contributed to studies of Lutoslawski, Mahler, Rihm, and Shostakovich. She is currently working on a monograph examining the influence of Johann Sebastian Bach on 20th century composers. 

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Published

2024-04-26

Issue

Vol. 12 (2014)

Section

Articles