TY - JOUR
TI - “Life-writing” in Aleksander Nowak’s Operas: Sudden Rain and Space Opera
AU - Zgliniecka, Paulina
TI - “Life-writing” in Aleksander Nowak’s Operas: Sudden Rain and Space Opera
AB - 
	“Life-writing”, manifesting itself in the extremely personal character of the composition, is one of the most important features of Aleksander Nowak’s work, which clearly distinguish him from other composers. “Life-writing” conceals such creative inspirations as the methods and means of composing. Nowak very often draws topics or sound material of the composition from his own life experiences. At the same time, he hopes to achieve a certain type of energy or emotions, which will then to evoke the feelings that are similar to those accompanying the writing of the piece. The issue of conveying in the work any or more specific, though significant, emotions is therefore the first-rate issue. For this reason, in his works, the musical tradition is often combined with the popular and well-known music. A specific representation of the idea of “life-writing” are Nowak’s operas: Sudden Rain for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and chamber orchestra and two-act Space Opera for soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, baritone, bass, mixed choir and symphonic orchestra.
VL - English Issues
IS - Issue 38 (3/2018)
PY - 2018
SN - 2956-4107
C1 - 2353-7094
SP - 79
EP - 103
DO - 10.4467/23537094KMMUJ.18.034.9735
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/kmmuj/artykul/life-writing-in-aleksander-nowaks-operas-sudden-rain-and-space-opera
KW - “life-writing”
KW - opera
KW - Aleksander Nowak
KW - “Space Opera”
KW - “Sudden Rain”
KW - relation between text and music