Open AccessA national perspective and international threads to postmodernism at the Fifth Hellenic Week of Contemporary Music
Author(s) -
Valia Christopoulou
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
muzikologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0976
pISSN - 1450-9814
DOI - 10.2298/muz1926107c
Subject(s) - postmodernism , dictatorship , musical , perspective (graphical) , politics , context (archaeology) , transition (genetics) , history , contemporary classical music , literature , event (particle physics) , aesthetics , art history , sociology , art , visual arts , political science , law , archaeology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , democracy , physics , quantum mechanics
The Fifth Hellenic Week of Contemporary Music (Athens, 1976) has been mainly considered in the context of a major political event: the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974. However, it may also be seen as a landmark for the transition to a postmodern era in Greece. The musical works presented during the Week, as well as their reception by the musical community are indicative of this transition. This paper aims at exploring those two perspectives and places the emphasis on the second, through an analytical comment on Le Tricot Rouge by Giorgos Kouroupos and the critiques in the press.