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quarta-feira, janeiro 25, 2006

Giacinto Scelsi *

"Giacinto Scelsi was born as the Conte de Ayala Valva in La Spezia, Italy, on January 8, 1905. After studying harmony and composition under Sallustio in Rome and then briefly receiving instruction in composition from Walther Klein in Vienna in 1935/36 and some guidance from Egon Kohler in Geneva during the early 1930s, Scelsi led an independent existence, usually outside of Italy (Paris, London Switzerland), until 1952. During these years he circulated in the society of Pierre Jean Jouve, Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, and Henri Michaux (a lifelong friend) in Paris, composed works in various styles (influenced initially by bruitism and neoclassicism, then by Scriabin's thought and from 1936 on by dodecaphony), and undertook extended trips to Africa and Asia.

During the late 1940s he went through a mental and physical crisis and ended up having to stay in a clinic for quite some time. He himself later traced his illness back to his work with traditional compositional techniques in particular to twelve tone technique, and his recovery to an occupation of his at the piano: for hours on end he would strike a single note and let it fade away.
After this crisis and period in which he ceased to compose, Scelsi returned to Rome for good in 1952. (...)

(...) The discovery that tone (or sound) has a third, previously neglected dimension was very significant for him: "Tone (sound) is also spherical, even when one believes while hearing that it has only two dimensions, pitch and duration. We know that the third, depth, exists, but it eludes us in a certain way." Scelsi also wrote that "I would say only very generally that classical Western music has devoted practically all its attention to the musical frame, to the so-called musical form. It has forgotten to study the laws of sound and energy, to comprehend music as energy or as life... The melodies themselves go from tone to tone, but the intervals are empty abysses because the tones are lacking in sound energy. The inner space is empty." [Giacinto Scelsi. Son et musique. Rome and Venice, 1981, pp.3, 6-7]."

Wolfgang Thein

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.RMR

posted by RMR # 12:15 da manhã

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"O som é esférico, toda a esfera tem um centro, é preciso chegar ao centro do som, ao coração do som"

http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-PT&q=+%22toda+a+esfera+tem+um+centro%22++Scelsi&btnG=Pesquisar&meta=

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c : 9:23 da manhã

ainda não comprei as "aguasfurtadas", mas espero que essa ostra esteja no CD... tenho vários CDs do Scelsi, mas desconhecia a amizade dele com o Michaux e os poemas, mas estou a ter dificuldades a encontrar alguma coisa na net :(

# posted by

Anónimo : 10:26 da manhã

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