Editing Ladislav Kupkovič (section)

==Musical style==
Kupkovič also adapted old pieces by taking small elements from them and repeating them with only slight variation. This technique was used in ''Morceau de Genre'' based on a small piece for violin and [[piano]] by [[Edward Elgar]]. It exists in versions for violin, trumpet, timpani and strings; solo piano; violin and piano; solo [[accordion]]; and violin and accordion. The constant repetition of two-bar figures from the original piece with very little variation is either extremely witty or extremely irritating, depending on the point of view.

Kupkovič is one of the few composers to have written a significant amount of music for the [[accordion]]. As well as the versions of ''Morceau de Genre'', he has written ''312-SL / 723'' (1978) for two accordions, and in 1980 wrote a [[concerto]] for the instrument. This concerto was in the later diatonic style which Kupkovič turned to. The [[harmony|harmonies]] in these later pieces are very simple, and the works have sometimes been compared to [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. Kupkovič has been extremely prolific in this style.

Although a return to a simpler form of harmony and to older musical forms may be seen as a kind of [[neo-classicism]], it is a very different sort to that used by [[Igor Stravinsky]]. Unlike his music, Kupkovič's has no sense of [[irony]] and in many cases could be confused for a piece from the [[classical music era]]. The composer [[Gavin Bryars]] has said of these works that "there is a sense of peering into the past through a distorting lens that manages to reveal a clear picture, but a picture that never existed until the lens was put in place".<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Ladislav Kupkovic |url=https://gavinbryars.com/work_writing/ladislav-kupkovic/ |access-date=July 22, 2023 |website=gavinbryars.com}}</ref>