Ose”, creates an allusion to the oeuvre of
E. Grieg. Such a receptive intention, which is an
expression of non-linearity, is successfully
inscribed in the composition of the artwork,
genre priorities of postmodern art.
This construction of the musical text, called by
the author “open form”, sounds quite ironic and
again is a certain precedent reference to the
famous work of U. Eco “The Open Work”, and
turns out to be another fragment in the author's
picture of the nocturne. The precedent text also
performs the function of intertextuality, which
aims to create a simulacrum in the listener's
imagination, which should consist of fragments:
titles, verbal characteristics, musical text,
performance, reminiscences, allusions,
disclosure of the main concepts of the whole
work in the first part. As another element of the
composition - the performance - the obligatory,
serious turning of the page “to perform the third
part” is presented. Moreover, it can also preserve
the general mood of parody, theatrical
performance grotesque, in general, a kind of
musical humor. The heard and seen in the
complex create the ground for a new rethinking
of what was heard and to present the artwork in a
different way. The composition of fragmentary
type makes it possible to reorganize and rethink
the work of art all the time. At this stage of work
with the musical text, the author presents
“variations”. And then we can talk about the
finally completed organization of integrity that
forms the chosen discursive practice. The last
pause sustained in the work signals its end, the
artwork is performed. In postmodernism, great
importance is attached to performance skills,
individual approaches of musicians to the
performed text. Only taking into account this
aspect, the work can be considered successfully
fulfilled.
There is an integral value given to the dramatic
component of the “last part” as the final, binding
element. From the standpoint of the creation
integrity, all three parts are self-sufficient
fragments, they are not connected and do not
need to be continued in another part. That is,
unity is presented not through a set of formal
means of traditional methods of composition.
The author’s intention can be comprehended
only by accepting the concept and idea of the
author: among the fragments, presented hidden
and explicit textual allusions, concepts, stylistic
and genre elements, semantic bridges should be
created between the fragments of the artwork and
segments of parts. It is also crucial to be well
oriented in the world of music, recognize the set
of precedent phenomena, connotations and
perceive the intertextuality activated by the
author. Discursive analysis of the work solely
can help in interpreting the musical text,
peculiarities of its performance and perception as
an act of communication culturally marked and
innovative.
As we can see from the above materials, the very
concepts of fragmentarism and nonlinearity are
rethought in the context of postmodernism. In the
18th-19th centuries, nonlinearity as a way of
perceiving and forming musical texts was
expressed in the incompleteness of constructions,
the discontinuity of their semantics, the
incompatibility of fragments, the unusual
interpretation of the text, a peculiar manifestation
of ungrammaticality. We could also talk about
nonlinearity as a violation of the system
hierarchy: elimination, superstructure of
individual levels of the work, violation of
integrity and harmony in the composition of the
work.
For postmodern philosophy, nonlinearity as a
strategy for creating a musical work can use
fragmentarism. This concept should be seen as a
method of using precedent phenomena,
intertextual reading of the work, tested means of
related arts, allusions, which in their diversity,
create a rethought ideological and cultural
integrity proposed by the author for a prepared
audience. Precedence and intertextuality are
signs of fragmentary discourse in contemporary
music. A vivid evidence of such processes in
music are the works of Ukrainian composers
(“Infinite uniformity of the suns” for flute,
clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello by
K. Tsepkolenko, “...end less…” for symphony
orchestra by L. Yurina, two plays for marimba
and guitar “A year will pass” by M. Denysenko.
“20.02.2002” for two pianos by X. I Kovalinas).
Discussion
The language of musical non-linear text,
performed in postmodern aesthetics consists of a
multilayered and complex composition of
fragments. In a number of studies (Berndt &
Theisel, 2008), the prospects for the development
of postmodern music are defined as complex
mechanisms of combination, attachment
(composition of the whole in the part),
technological aspects of the author’s idea, which
form more complex mechanisms and give a huge
space of possibilities. Under such conditions, the
listener has the effect of an authentic sounding
fragment, but the composition of a non-linear
nature can also be represented in computer
music. Expansion of the perception matrix,