STYLE
Works for piano constitute a large part of Louis-Noël Belaubre’s opus, of
which the clarity of the melodic line is the foremost quality. Obvious although
unpredictable, it often reigns supreme with the tempi dictated by it. The free
nature of his soaring lyrical outbursts is confirmed by a variable and often
irregular metre…
This taste for irregular rhythms derives from his knowledge of popular music,
particularly that of central Europe, thanks to the influence of Bartok. For
Louis-Noël Belaubre, no single musical parameter can be taken into account in
isolation, therefore complete control over the way the sounds are organised
vertically remains essential for him, absolutely nothing can or should be left
to chance. The harmonic series follow a highly original logic but are always
based on affinities and attractions between sounds ; this gives music of a
tonal nature, where dissonance takes on its real dynamic and expressive value,
music that is constantly changing, ambiguous, always unpredictable…By his
deliberate refusal of any system, his choice of an empirical process for his
compositions, and the constant references to the realities of musical
perception, Louis-Noël Belaubre has developed a musical language that respects
the auditive awareness of the listener and even invokes its active
participation. The presence of certain " landmarks " means
that musical time is understood by the memory moving backwards and forwards in
real time.
Louis-Noël Belaubre has deliberately chosen to remain outside musical fashions
so as to find his own original style, where the possibilities of each instrument
are explored and exploited to the full and where the tangible qualities of a
language so obviously rooted in European culture are brought to the fore.
Extract from the article of the Bordas dictionnary
(Marc Honegger)
Marc Honegger (Vice-President of " International Society
of musicology " between 1982 & 1992).
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