Music and number. The Fibonacci series as a generator of materials for the creation of my personal work: the case of Algunos poemas de Brindisi for voice, clarinet, violin, cello and piano

Abstract

A significant number of my compositions have been elaborated using the Fibonacci series as a structuring and organizing element of the musical discourse. This article tries to be an approach to the compositional processes developed by me over more or less four decades and converges in the formal analysis of one of the most emblematic work of my creative activity: Algunos poemas de Brindisi for voice, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, based on poems by Veracruz writer Fernando Ruiz Granados, composed in 1994 for the Ensamble Bartók from Chile. In this score, the use of the aforementioned numerical series eloquently affects various musical parameters: rhythm, melody, harmony, texture and form.