Slovenská hudba, Vol. 42, No 4, p.403-414

Composition in Real Time

The contribution presents new appearances of an open work in the current compositional and improvisation practice. Its main subject is the transformation of the roles of performer and listener. The existence of an author is observed through the prism of composition and improvisation relations embodied in one performer. The essence of these relations is revealed in the nascence of a work which emerges during a concert performance or a studio recording, while its “final” appearance needn’t be necessarily the “ultimate” and “single” version of the work.
The following analytical probe into the video opera An Eye for an Eye presents particular compositional-performing and improvisation principles on the level of specific musical material.