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Teoria kompozycji discontinuum-continuum meksykańskiego kompozytora Julio Estrady
Discontinuum-continuum: the theory of composition by Julio Estrada

Author(s): Manuel Domínguez Salas
Subject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Bibliography, General Reference Works, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Sociology, Novel, Other Language Literature, Methodology and research technology, Scientific Life, Source Material
Published by: Koło Naukowe Studentów Muzykologii UJ
Keywords: Julio Estrada; discontinuum-continuum; macro-timbre; contemporary Mexican music

Summary/Abstract: Discontinuum-continuum: the theory of composition by Julio Estrada. The Julio Estrada’s output is still the unexplored area, what creates the opportunity to study the phenomenon called discontinuum-continuum. During the last 36 years of the creative activity, Estrada has developed several aspects of the macro timbre that integrate several compounds of a composition. In his research, Estrada confronts two different situations in the compositional process: continuous transformation of the sound and chronographical method, using strictly defined recording process in order to receive three-dimensional movements of the sound in the topological order. As a result of existing these two situations, a musical work is impossible to be defined by one technique or musical style. Examination of the theory of composition called discontinuum-continuum allows one to understand a new methodology of musical creation that involves scientific research of the physical phenomenon of sound and introspection of the imagination of the sound.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 01 (32)
  • Page Range: 111-126
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish