The lyrical serialism of Serge Garant’s « Devinette de la guitare » (1954)
The art song « Devinette de la guitare », from the cycle Caprices, composed by Serge Garant in 1954, is an eloquent example of the composer’s fascination with rigorous musical constructions. As Garant’s first wholly serial works, the songs of the Caprices cycle testify at once to Garant’s virtuosic manipulation of sound material and to the abstract lyricism that is characteristic of his style.