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Paul Klee: Instrument for New Music (1914)

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Paul Klee: "Instrument for New Music" (1914)

“On the basis of abstractly stylized, fragmented representation…the musical symbols are reinterpreted as purely graphic material of a meta-musical nature.  The title corresponds to the strange and unconventional manipulation of the traditional notational symbols and instrumental components, which generates a new relational context: the represented ‘instrument’ bears as little resemblance to the familiar instruments as the ‘new music’ does to the traditional music of the 19th century…” (Christoph von Blumröder, The Concept of “New Music” in the 20th Century)



November 28, 2010, 1:13pm

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