
Luigi Russolo, Dynamism of an Automobile, 1912-13
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
Probably there have been very few distinguished composers who spent so much time in their career teaching, and with such passionate dedication to this task, as Schönberg did. One of the principle reasons for this strong passion along the tradition lay in the belief that teaching constituted an indespensable means of passing along the tradition that he believed in so fervently and of which he considered himself to be a part. Schönberg was never reluctant to pay homage to those composers who had influenced him: his primary ‘teachers’ Bach and Mozart, and secondarily Beethoven, Brahms, and Wagner. Schönberg always liked to describe his method of working in class as ‘proceeding systematically.’ In his classes he provided numerous examples illustrating all aspects of counterpoint, from the simplest treatment of the species to chorale prelude and fugue. Some of the examples were prepared specifically in advance of the class meetings, but many more, in accordance with Schönberg’s usual pedagogical custom, were improvised on the spot in the classroom to illustrate special points as they occurred. Schönberg’s procedure did not have as its goal the production of one or two perfect examples according to certain aesthetic or stylistic considerations, but has the more practical aim of encouraging the student to discover for him every possible solution or consideration of a given problem within ever-widening limits. The ultimative result of his method is the acquisition of a discipline which enables the student to analyse thoroughly all problems that might arise, and gain possession of a sure technique which will make it possible for him to find solutions for most of these problems.1 Comments:
At Terça-feira, 09 Agosto, 2005, pb said... Sim, eu sei, já publiquei uma boa parte deste texto num outro post - Arnold Schoenberg (professor e compositor)... Mas aqui está o texto todo de Leonard Stein que se adapta bem à temática do post.
Schönberg was convinced that the student of composition must master thoroughly thetraditional techniques and organizational methods, and possess a wide and intimate knowledge of musical literature if he wishes to solve the more difficult problems of contemporary music. In his classes there was little reference to music since 1900, though the student was encouraged to make full use of the resources available up to that time. Certain aesthetic essentials, such as clarity of statement, contrast, repetition, balance, variation, elaboration, proportion, connexion, transition - these and many others are applicable regardless of style or idiom.
O tributo - 7 Variations sur Lennie Tristano (2002)2 Comments:
At Terça-feira, 09 Agosto, 2005, IO said... Outro que chegou!, feliz pelo teu regresso!, abraço, IO.
At Terça-feira, 09 Agosto, 2005, pb said... Olá io! Obrigado pelo encorajamento. Eu entretanto, e apesar de não postar, vou sempre ao chuinga! Ao 2, é claro, por falar nisso, tenho que actualizar o link na minha página...
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At Terça-feira, 09 Agosto, 2005, DGP said...
E nós por cá?
At Terça-feira, 09 Agosto, 2005, pb said...
Também neste post a questão é mesmo essa...
Tudo a arder, o “normal” neste jardim à beira-mar chamuscado.
É que se pode ter por cá!!!
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At Quinta-feira, 11 Agosto, 2005, CV said... Por cá, não tenho a certeza de que inteligência e realização académica, auto-estima e disciplina tenham alguma coisa a ver com os objectivos ou pressupostos das políticas educativas e, muito menos, das artísticas.
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At Terça-feira, 09 Agosto, 2005, DGP said...
Nós por cá vamos ficando pelo meio onde, neste caso, não está a virtude. Haverá algumas excepções. Ainda não há muitos anos, numa pequena aldeia ao pé de Mértola (onde passei uns dias) os homens encontravam-se ao fim do dia para juntos construirem uma sociedade recreativa e enquanto trabalhavam cantavam, cantavam sempre. Quanto á cultura de ensino rigoroso e formal, acho que ainda não chegámos lá. Falo de uma cultura, ou seja, neste caso falo de uma herança social de um povo, que não me parece rigorosa em coisa nenhuma, muito menos na música.
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At Terça-feira, 19 Julho, 2005, Luís Aquino said...
E fazes tu muito bem! Solta a tua revolta, dá-lhe de força!
Ou será... dá-lhe com força?
Miau...
At Quarta-feira, 27 Julho, 2005, CV said...
As pinturas são excelentes. De que nos poderíamos queixar? (e foi particularmente grato ver aqui o Rothko, cuja espiritualidade me comove desde que conheci a sua obra)