Resumo

Manuel M. Ponce ha sido considerado uno de los compositores más importantes del panorama nacional de México y, aunque su obra es interpretada con asiduidad, los estudios teóricos especializados son menos frecuentes. Este artículo busca ofrecer un análisis técnico-expresivo del Preludio y fuga sobre un tema de Haendel, que constituye un ejercicio escolástico donde muestra destreza para evocar el procedimiento imitativo y capacidad de personalizar la forma. El resultado es una obra romántica contrapuntística donde la lógica compositiva está en consonancia con la excelente factura pianística, todo a partir dela transfiguración de unmotivo musical.

Prelude and Fugue on a theme by Haendel. Technical analysis of this piano work by Manuel M. Ponce

Manuel M. Ponce has been considered one of the most important composers of the national scene in Mexico and, although his work is performed regularly, specialized theoretical studies are less frequent. This article aims to offer a technical-expressive analysis of the Prelude and Fugue on a theme by Haendel, which constitutes a scholastic exercise where he displays skills evoking an imitative procedure as well as the ability to adapt the form to his personal style. The result is a contrapuntal romantic work where the compositional logic is in line with the excellent piano adroitness, all emerging from the transfiguration of a musical motif.