W drodze. Od dźwięku do muzyki. Perspektywa świadectwa
On the Road. From Sound to Music. Perspective of Testimony

Summary/Abstract: On the Road. From Sound to Music. Perspective of TestimonyThe author embarks upon reflections about non-musical aspects of music by referring to the category of testimony. He is interested in frames creating contexts for the origin of music, its functioning, and socio-cultural conditions forming a milieu both composing music as well as involved in its reception and distribution. K. Darmach analyses formats of the creation of and listening to music immersed in cultural conventions and ways of acting. In doing so he attempts to follow the path of the flow and emergence of meanings: from sound to sound, from performer to instrument, from ensemble to the public, to and fro. Rehearsal halls, laborious practicing, studying, interactions, musical socialisation, life on the road, production, behind-the-scenes creation, style, image, fashion, presentation strategies – all comprise the unspoken testimony of being a musician. From this perspective music thus becomes testimony of the composite scale of experiences and culturally determined biographical trajectories.

• Details
• Contents