Theater and Music. An Epistemological Approach
Theater and Music. An Epistemological Approach

Summary/Abstract: Since ancient times, whose stories are based on concrete archaeological sources and discoveries, the ceremonies that accompanied the great rites of passage of mankind - birth, marriage and death - have been structured according to ancient scenarios, with texts, pantomime, costumes and the music. However, in this paper we do not intend to make a history of music or theater performance, but rather to describe the dynamics of an evolution, which can be traced from antiquity to the present. In fact, any spectacular form, or one that was considered worthy of becoming spectacular, with the help of which an important moment in the life of the community was marked, was accompanied by the show. Basically, the music and the spectacular forms, regardless of the typology to which they belonged, evolved, up to a point, together, but not necessarily in parallel. Each of the two areas addresses the same senses and it is the composer's duty to carefully identify that sensitive line in the creation, according to which the two should be in perfect balance and to serve the stage and the show.

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