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ANNA NOWAK
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS
ANNA NOWAK
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The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz am.nowak15@gmail.com
In modern times, the practice of referring to a cultural heritage has become a particularly widespread phenomenon in the works of composers and has assumed a variety of forms; this is due to, among other factors, the multiplicity of techniques, forms and means of expression as well as material and stylistic connections applied in contemporary music. It implies the need to define the relationships that exist between musical works, identify those elements adopted from other works, and indicate what makes particular pieces one-of-a-kind and unique.
One approach to solving this particular research problem is the endeavor to systematize the rich world of artifacts by defining the relationships between works using various categorizing criteria. However, historical taxonomic divisions turn out to be insufficient when it comes to new forms of artistic expression. In my speech, I present selected approaches to intertextual relations used in descriptions of the works of composers, that are used in Polish musicological literature. I also analyze the criteria underlying these systematics, and their methodological usefulness for descriptions of contemporary music.
Keywords: works of contemporary composers, intertextual relations, music systematics.
Anna Nowak is a professor and a PhD in music theory as well as lecturer at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Her research focuses on the theory and history of twentieth-century Polish music, particularly genre studies related the art song, instrumental concerto, and mazurka. She has published three monographs: The Pomeranian Symphony Orchestra. An Idea Enfleshed (1994); The Contemporary Polish Concerto: Transformations of the Genre (1998); and Piano mazurkas in 20th-century Polish music (2013). She is the author of several dozen entries in Polish and foreign encyclopedias and nearly a hundred papers in collective works published at home and abroad.
