<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The article is an attempt to present important categories of composer Paweł Szymański’s musical language, based on his self-analytical statements, which were in major part answers to musicologists’ questions. Luciano Berio pointed out why the situation of a composer who would like to address questions about his or her music is difficult - a lack of necessary detachment would be one of the reasons. A musicologist, on the other hand, is tempted to construct their own supposedly objective analytical view of a composer’s musical language. The dialogistic approach proposed by anthropological musicology may be a solution to these dilemmas. Other main topics mentioned in the article are related to the role of meta-concepts in Szymański’s musical language.</p></abstract>

The article is an attempt to present important categories of composer Paweł Szymański’s musical language, based on his self-analytical statements, which were in major part answers to musicologists’ questions. Luciano Berio pointed out why the situation of a composer who would like to address questions about his or her music is difficult - a lack of necessary detachment would be one of the reasons. A musicologist, on the other hand, is tempted to construct their own supposedly objective analytical view of a composer’s musical language. The dialogistic approach proposed by anthropological musicology may be a solution to these dilemmas. Other main topics mentioned in the article are related to the role of meta-concepts in Szymański’s musical language.

Paweł Szymański’s Self-Analyses Reread

Musicology Today

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The article is an attempt to present important categories of composer Paweł Szymański’s musical language, based on his self-analytical statements, which were...

Paweł Szymański’s Self-Analyses Reread

Published Online: Dec 31, 2015

Page range: 90 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2015-0010

Keywords
Luciano Berio, Paweł Szymański, music, visual arts, intertextual

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Paweł Szymański’s Self-Analyses Reread

Published Online: Dec 31, 2015

Page range: 90 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2015-0010

KeywordsLuciano Berio, Paweł Szymański, music, visual arts, intertextual

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Luciano Berio, Paweł Szymański, music, visual arts, intertextual