MATTER, SYMBOL AND SOUND METAPHOR IN ARIPI DE LUMINĂ [WINGS OF LIGHT] BY DOINA ROTARU

Abstract

Of the nonverbal symbolic codes, the musical one is the most fascinating because ofthe ineffable quality intrinsic to the sound phenomenon. Appealing to the archetypal, the composerDoina Rotaru articulates in a quite ingenious manner three of the fundamental symbols convergent tothe idea of ascension/transcendence: light, wing and flight. Thus, the matter transformed into musicalmetaphor under the title Wings of Light takes the form of a sound accumulation of the ‘mass’ type,where the overall effect is conceived/perceived from the perspective of an original texture.