„Przyszedłem tu jako obcy, odchodzę stąd jako obcy”. Muzyczne wędrówki w „niepełną nieskończoność”
“A Stranger I Arrived a Stranger I Depart”. Musical Peregrinations in Incomplete Infinity Landscapes

Summary/Abstract: As a universal way of thinking music holds promise of coming closer to inexpressible experiences. That, which cannot be captured via conceptions reveals itself to the performer (and the listener) in solitary existence amidst sounds. Upon occasions, the existential journey into the self - as long as it is granted a social signature thanks to artistic means of expression - changes into poignant interpretation, which expands the field of comprehending not only music but also existence as such. This is the sort of reflection that the listener is invited to pursue by the music of Schubert, marked with the idiom of a journey of despair. In the presented text this trail was followed by such interpreters of Schubert’s works as the essayist Pascal Quignard, the musicologist Charles Fisk, the poet Stanisław Barańczak, and the pianist Sviatoslav Richter. By listening closely to Schubert and by following in his steps they reconstructed the composer’s wanderings and opened up new horizons for the meaning encoded in his music.

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