Traços de modernidade em obras de Janácek, Debussy, Schoenberg e Ligeti

Normal 0 21 Since the turning of the century (XIX-XX), music proved to be the reflex of composers’, performers’ and public’s conscious or unconscious craving for the new. Besides this necessity, a certain “fear of the unknown” can be observed, understandable up to a certain point, if we consider the general public, but certainly intriguing if verified in music professionals, performers above all, considering their role of mediators between composers and audiences. Based on performers’ testimony as well as the analysis of works by Janacek, Debussy, Schoenberg and Ligeti - prominent composers from different periods of our time – from my own point of view as a performer, I came to believe that modernity is not necessarily revealed through notation, form, structure or even musical language, but through the message itself, the essence of the musical discourse. Therefore, the first step to perception, understanding and openness to the new in music would be a renewal of listening parameters, primarily concerning performers, who will then be able to awake public’s ears, “lost in the past”, to the joy of the modern.