SONORISTIC SPACE IN MAHLER'S FIRST SYMPHONY

• Authors: Dolp Laura
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Reception of Mahler's First Symphony has often concluded that it undermines the teleological premise of its symphonic principles. The aurhoress proposes that Mahler's 'failure' to achieve a clear syntactic process shows instead a proactive engagement with the potential of sonorities to create a meaningful, multi-dimensional space. This quality in his music can be framed as a type of early sonoristic project. The work shows a characteristic sensitivity to register, dynamics, and tone color. Mahler's spatial music facilitates a phenomenological pivot from a 'lateral' orientation toward one of 'depth'. This pivot magnifies the passage's experiential weight and, by extension, its capacity to symbolize the beginning of the hero's path.

Keywords

EN

CHOMINSKI JOZEF MICHAL; MAHLER GUSTAV -FIRST SYMPHONY; MUSIC (20TH C.); THEORY OF MUSIC

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Muzyka
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1(208)
• Pages: 119-130
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dolp Laura

• Laura Dolp, John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA057721