Postmodernism in Polish Music — Contradictory Receptions. Works of Wiesław Cienciała and Andrzej Dziadek "Waves and Bells — la change est la nature" Cover Image

Polski postmodernizm muzyczny — ogląd kontradykcyjny. Twórczość Wiesława Cienciały i Andrzeja Dziadka "Fale i dzwony — la change est la nature"
Postmodernism in Polish Music — Contradictory Receptions. Works of Wiesław Cienciała and Andrzej Dziadek "Waves and Bells — la change est la nature"

Author(s): Jolanta Szulakowska-Kulawik
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: postmodernism; artistic binary oppositions; composers: Andrzej Dziadek and Wiesław Cienciała

Summary/Abstract: Differentiation between two artistic techniques of Wiesław Cienciała and Andrzej Dziadek has been depicted in the text on the basis of stratification (so characteristic to postmodern tendencies) to art inclined towards renewed tradition employed by the latter, and art of avant-garde and experimental ars nova type used by the former. Their aesthetic views have been discussed and the analysis of their selected works has been conducted in order to emphasise differences between them, which exist despite the fact that they used to be students of the same composition teacher — Józef Świder. A diversified picture of Polish postmodernism in music, confirming the perennial ideological dychotomy ingrained in antiquity, is the subject to general observation in the article and constitutes the essence of my reflection.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 15-38
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish