<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The paper presents in a synthetic way the phenomena characteristic of Marta Ptaszyńska’s music, and the key qualities of her output. I focus on those topics that have not been sufficiently explored in existing studies, and those that call for a polemical discussion. These include the ideas that underlie Ptaszyńska’s music, the inspirations of her creative process, problems of composition technique, sound language, her style and aesthetic, with particular reference to her supposed links to sonorism. Finally I present an attempt to define the place and significance of Marta Ptaszyńska’s oeuvre in 20th- and 21st-century music.</abstract>

The paper presents in a synthetic way the phenomena characteristic of Marta Ptaszyńska’s music, and the key qualities of her output. I focus on those topics that have not been sufficiently explored in existing studies, and those that call for a polemical discussion. These include the ideas that underlie Ptaszyńska’s music, the inspirations of her creative process, problems of composition technique, sound language, her style and aesthetic, with particular reference to her supposed links to sonorism. Finally I present an attempt to define the place and significance of Marta Ptaszyńska’s oeuvre in 20th- and 21st-century music.

Between Heart and Mind

Musicology Today

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The paper presents in a synthetic way the phenomena characteristic of Marta Ptaszyńska’s music, and the key qualities of her output. I focus on those topics...

Between Heart and Mind

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 103 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2019-0005

Keywords
Marta Ptaszyńska, color and music, style and technique, harmony, aesthetics

© 2019 Iwona Lindstedt, published by Sciendo

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

Musical Example

Between Heart and Mind

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 103 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2019-0005

KeywordsMarta Ptaszyńska, color and music, style and technique, harmony, aesthetics

© 2019 Iwona Lindstedt, published by Sciendo

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

Musical Example

Keywords
Marta Ptaszyńska, color and music, style and technique, harmony, aesthetics