A Bulgarian Orpheus: Lazar Nikolov and Orphic Intersubjectivity
A Bulgarian Orpheus: Lazar Nikolov and Orphic Intersubjectivity

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: Ideas related to the myth of Orpheus and its permutations over time have played a major role in shaping the self-image of the contemporary creative artist. When “seeing as” is transposed to “hearing as,” Paul Ricoeur’s theory of semantic innovation and his interpretation of Husserl’s concept of imaginative transfer provide means of understanding the composer in relation to those who perform his or her music. Through what I call Orphic intersubjectivity, the composer finds creative inspiration by identifying with a real or imagined performer as a kind of completion of his or her Orphic self, as the case of Bulgarian composer Lazar Nikolov and his series of compositions under the collective title From the Music of Orpheus illustrates.

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