Três transcrições do "Quadro de uma Exposição" de Modest Mussorgsky: uma análise comparativa

Abstract

Based on Samuel Adler's idem concerning the similarities of orchestral transcription and poetic translation, this research investigates three orchestral transcription of Modest P. Mussorgsky's piano suite “Picture at an Exhibition”. There transcriptions are those by Mauriçe Ravel, Francisco Mignone and VIadimir Ashkenaq. The aim of the present work is to establish some criteria according to wish a transcription may be regarded a original composition or a new creative process linked to the primary work.