Sonorism

Sonorism is a term that is mainly used in Polish musicology and describes a noise-oriented style in New Music . Probably the best-known representative is the Krakow composer Krzysztof Penderecki , who counts such style-defining works as the Threnos for the victims of Hiroshima or De natura sonoris to his oeuvre. In the 1960s and 1970s, sonorism was the most dominant movement within the new music scene in Poland. The following generation turned vigorously against this dominance, including the '51 generation , Aleksander Lasoń , Eugeniusz Knapik and Andrzej Krzanowski or the minimalist Paweł Szymański . However, the original exponents of sonorism also gradually said goodbye to their avant-garde concepts. So changed z. B. Henryk Mikołaj Górecki on a composer who mainly writes sacred, slow music. Penderecki also changed his style, at least since the composition of his controversial 2nd symphony (Christmas symphony) .

Important composers of sonorism

• Tadeusz Baird
• Zbigniew Bujarski
• Andrzej Dobrowolski
• Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
• Wojciech Kilar
• Witold Lutosławski
• Krzysztof Meyer
• Krzysztof Penderecki
• Bogusław Schaeffer
• Kazimierz Serocki
• Witold Szalonek
• Avet Terterian

further reading

• Gerd Sannemüller : New Music in Poland . In: Schweizer Monatshefte 46 (1966/67), pp. 1053-1059
• Krzysztof Droba: Sonoryzm polski , w: Kompozytorzy polscy 1918-2000 . TI Eseje, M. Podhajski (red.), Gdańsk - Warszawa 2005.
• Danuta Gwizdalanka : Historia muzyki. XX wiek. , Kraków 2009

Web links

• zgapa.pl (Polish)
• naukowy.pl (Polish)
• Lason CV (English, Polish)