The Interpretation is the Message. Komposition als angewandte Interpretation bei György Kurtág by Tom Rojo Poller

“…Indeed, there are various dimensions of Kurtág’s music which can be plausibly explained with the help of established analytical categories: the omnipresent references and allusions by the concept of intertextuality, the foundations of compositional craftsmanship by historically informed analyses of musical structures, semantic contents by hermeneutical approaches. However, little attention so far has been directed to an aspect that must be considered a crucial facet of Kurtág’s work, being of special interest from the vantage point of musical performance studies: the aspect of interpretation. …”
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