Description
After Music
Book Summary
In After Music, Diego Fischerman offers an essential guide to understanding contemporary music. The author analyzes how, starting in the 20th century, musical production has been characterized by unprecedented aesthetic diversity, where multiple languages and constructive principles coexist. With remarkable expository clarity, Fischerman maps out the main figures and movements, from Debussy and Satie to Stravinsky, showing how new music constantly dialogues with the past while exploring uncharted sonic territories.
What is it about?
The book addresses the radical transformation that music underwent throughout the 20th century. Fischerman argues that there is no longer a single music, nor is there any aspiration for one; rather, we are faced with an aesthetic diversity that redefines the very concept of a musical work. Through a journey featuring key composers, the author explains how new constructive principles were sought, how noise, silence, and other sonic variables gained prominence, and how a new musical discourse was developed that, nevertheless, maintains a constant dialogue with tradition.
Main themes
- Aesthetic diversity in 20th-century music and the surpassing of a single canon.
- New constructive principles and the search for innovative musical languages.
- The role of silence, noise, and other sonic variables as structural elements.
- The dialectical relationship between contemporary music and the musical tradition of the past.
- Analysis of fundamental figures such as Debussy, Satie, and Stravinsky in the formation of the new musical discourse.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at music lovers, music students, composers, and any reader interested in understanding the evolution of musical language from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. It is especially useful for those seeking a clear and rigorous introduction to contemporary music, without the need for prior technical knowledge.
What this book offers
- A panoramic and accessible view of contemporary music and its main movements.
- Keys to understanding how 20th-century composers broke with tradition and created new sonic languages.
- An analysis of the relationship between innovation and tradition in musical creation.
- Tools to listen to and appreciate avant-garde music with greater depth.
Technical specifications
- Author: Diego Fischerman
- Publisher: Eterna Cadencia SL
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: Dance and other performing arts, Music, Literary essays
- Collection: Music
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: April 2012
- Number of pages: 160
- Weight: 220 g
Editorial review
In After Music, Diego Fischerman achieves an essay that combines academic rigor with an accessible and enjoyable prose. The work is highly useful for demystifying contemporary music, presenting it not as an hermetic phenomenon, but as a field of aesthetic exploration that dialogues with history. His didactic approach and ability to synthesize complex concepts make it a recommended read both for those already initiated and for those who wish to delve into 20th-century music without prejudice.