Az amnézia szótára - A Csendes Dalok Valentyin Szilvesztrov életmũvének fordulópontján
The cyclopedia of amnesia (The Silent Songs at the turning-point of Valentin Silvestrov’s oeuvre)

Summary/Abstract: This study is a parallel of an earlier text appeared in the Review of Pannonhalma (The Kurtág-encyclopedia, 2002 No.2) and it is defined also by a pathological metaphor. While the study on Kurtág´s music focused on the paradoxical duality of aphasia (inability of speech) and encyclopedia (the universal ability of verbal reflection), the present essay on the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov´s music uses another paradoxical duality: amnesia and cyclopedia i.e. vocabulary. In this case the main point of interest is the function of (musical) recollection and the availability of tradition itself. In this context the author examines the potential readings which interpret Silvestrov´s music as an example of kitsch and/or faking (following such theories on kitsch/faking as the ones of Abraham Moles and Sándor Radnóti). Finally, the text declines both indictments and closes with a brief reference to the peculiar theme of Silvestrov´s aesthetics: viz. the era and zone of the postludium.

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