Abstract: | The main aim of the book Musical Spaces in Contemporary Polish
Theatre is to present the various functions of music in Polish dramatic
theatre and also to demonstrate the ways in which contemporary
Polish theatre directors ‘shape’ the sound layer in their
performances. Concurrently, the author discusses two methodologies
which can be used to analyse and describe theatre music.
These two complementary methodologies are the semiotics and the
performative aesthetics.
The monograph explores the numerous relationships between
music and other elements of the mise-en-scene, including scenography,
actor’s body (acting and movement) and stage lighting.
However, the main focus is the relation between music and theatrical
fiction. The particular chapters are connected to each other by
the ‘musical space’ category which should be defined as a specific
way of shaping the sound landscape in a performance.
The subject of the publication involves a variety of theoretical
issues such as perception of music in dramatic theatre, classification
of the theatre sounds, types of musical meanings, and also the influence
of technology on the sound production. All these questions are considered with regard to particular Polish performances which
have been produced in the last 25 years – especially the works of
Jerzy Jarocki, Jerzy Grzegorzewski, Krystian Lupa, Andrzej Dziuk,
Krzysztof Warlikowski and Jan Klata. |