MUSICAL SPACES IN POLISH CONTEMPORARY THEATER

Discover the fascinating world of music in Polish contemporary theater! Magdalena Figzał-Janikowska's book is an extraordinary journey through the various ways in which music shapes and enriches Polish theatrical performances. Immerse yourself in the analyses of the works of outstanding directors and composers who together create unforgettable soundscapes. Learn about the theoretical issues related to the perception of stage music and discover how new media influence the shaping of sound in the theater.

• Analysis of the works of outstanding directors and composers
• Theoretical issues related to the perception of stage music
• Influence of new media on the shaping of sound in the theater
• Various approaches to the meaning of music in a theatrical performance
• The category of musical space as a specific way of functioning of sound
• Methods and tools for studying the musical layer of a performance
• Productions by artists such as Jerzy Jarocki, Jerzy Grzegorzewski, Krystian Lupa

The book presents various ways of functioning of music in Polish dramatic theater of the last twenty-five years. The author refers to the works of selected directors and composers cooperating with them, undertaking a number of theoretical issues closely related to the presence of music in a theatrical performance: starting from issues related to the perception of stage music, through the classification of acoustic phenomena in the theater and the influence of new media on the way sound is shaped, to various approaches to musical meaning. The link connecting the individual fragments of the monograph is the category of musical space, which in the most general and metaphorical sense should be understood here as a specific way of functioning of sound in a theatrical performance.

Analyzing the productions of such artists as Jerzy Jarocki, Jerzy Grzegorzewski, Krystian Lupa, Andrzej Dziuk, Krzysztof Warlikowski or Jan Klata, the author tries not only to draw attention to the particular importance of the musical layer of a theatrical performance, but above all to indicate possible methods and tools for its study. The publication of the University of Silesia Publishing House is a must-read for every theater and music lover, as well as for students and researchers dealing with this subject. Let yourself be carried away on a fascinating journey through the musical spaces of Polish contemporary theater!