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Szymanowski, Eroticism and the Voices of Mythology

Szymanowski, Eroticism and the Voices of Mythology

Royal Musical Association Monographs 11

by Stephen Downes
Hardback
Publication Date: 17/07/2003

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This title examines Szymanowski's exploration of the relationship between the authorial voice, mythology and eroticism within the context of the crisis of the modern subject in Western culture. Stephen Downes examines mythological and erotic aspects of selected songs from the composer's early career, moving to an interpretation of the voice of the homoerotic lover, embodied as a mad muezzin, in terms of heroic notions of Orphic elegy. Discussing the encounters of King Roger with the voices of Narcissus, the Siren and Dionysus, Downes shows how the composer uses the unifying Christ/Eros figure as a means of indicating that the King might be transformed from anguished despot to loving expressive subject. The book ends with an examination of Szymanowski's attempts to fuse Slavonic and Middle-Eastern mythological inspirations in an attempt to fulfil a utopian vision of a pan-European culture bound together by the spirit of Eros.
ISBN:
9780947854102
9780947854102
Category:
Individual composers & musicians
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
17-07-2003
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
120
Dimensions (mm):
234x156x15mm
Weight:
0.45kg

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