The Song of the Solo Violin: Pasolini and Bach’s Chaconne
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Abstract
This is the first comparative study of Pasolini’s references to Bach’s Chaconne for solo violin (BWV 1004). Starting from a linguistic reading of his youthful Studies on Bach’s Style (1944-45), this essay puts forward the hypothesis that the Chaconne provides a model of writing that Pasolini develops with his semiological theory and explores through different expressive means. On a thematic level, the writer’s solitude emerges with a new compositional and critical, dialogical and choral sense.
Keywords
- Solitude
- Variation
- Tombeau
- Poetic Function
- Anacrusis
