<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Krzysztof Knittel’s text about his own composition techniques, also looking at such topics as: the influence of painting on his music (e.g. the works of Piet Mondrian and Paul Klee); truth in the musical work; the application of recycling ad re-use techniques to the form of the musical work; methods of constructing the sound of the composition; links between music and historical events; rollage - a technique borrowed from the painter Jiří Kolář for the needs of St. Matthew Passion; sound installations created by Knittel with sounds of nature and civilisation; Theodor Lipps’ theory of empathy (Einfuhlung), as well as intuitive and improvised music.</p></abstract>

Krzysztof Knittel’s text about his own composition techniques, also looking at such topics as: the influence of painting on his music (e.g. the works of Piet Mondrian and Paul Klee); truth in the musical work; the application of recycling ad re-use techniques to the form of the musical work; methods of constructing the sound of the composition; links between music and historical events; rollage - a technique borrowed from the painter Jiří Kolář for the needs of St. Matthew Passion; sound installations created by Knittel with sounds of nature and civilisation; Theodor Lipps’ theory of empathy (Einfuhlung), as well as intuitive and improvised music.

Some Remarks on my Composition Technique

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw

Musicology Today

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Krzysztof Knittel’s text about his own composition techniques, also looking at such topics as: the influence of painting on his music (e.g. the works of Piet...

Some Remarks on my Composition Technique

Published Online: Dec 31, 2015

Page range: 74 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2015-0008

Keywords
painting, form, truth, beauty, recycling, re-use, construction, rollage, Passion, four seasons, sound recordings of civilisation and nature, Einfuhlungstheorie, intuition, improvisation

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Some Remarks on my Composition Technique

Published Online: Dec 31, 2015

Page range: 74 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2015-0008

Keywordspainting, form, truth, beauty, recycling, re-use, construction, rollage, Passion, four seasons, sound recordings of civilisation and nature, Einfuhlungstheorie, intuition, improvisation

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
painting, form, truth, beauty, recycling, re-use, construction, rollage, Passion, four seasons, sound recordings of civilisation and nature, Einfuhlungstheorie, intuition, improvisation