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Publication Date

2009

Abstract

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Tomando como ejemplo el caso de Reliquie, Sonata para piano en do mayor D. 840 de Schubert, este ensayo explora los entresijos que generan las obras musicales incompletas. ¿Qué diferencia hay entre un fragmento amputado y uno inacabado? ¿Qué autoridad tienen las reconstrucciones de obras incompletas? ¿Qué opciones tiene el intérprete a la hora de ejecutar esta obra? ¿Por qué nos atraen los fragmentos? La Sonata para piano en do mayor consiste en dos movimientos completos y otros dos inconclusos. Si bien algunos pianistas como Paul Badura-Skoda han grabado esta obra con su propia compleción, Sviatoslav Richter interrumpe su ejecución en el punto exacto donde termina la partitura Schubert. Su decisión se basa en la idea de que el intérprete debe respetar al máximo las intenciones del compositor. Sin embargo, al no completar el discurso musical, el pianista crea una herida sonora tan traumática que el vacío creado se convierte en otro añadido, otra compleción hecha de silencio y mudez. Paradójicamente, el hueco sonoro que deja Richter acaba siendo una intromisión mucho más intensa (y quizás más grave) que si hubiera añadido unos breves compases a la partitura.

Abstract:

Taking the Reliquie, Piano Sonata in C major D. 840 Schubert, this essay explores the intricacies that generate incomplete musical works. What’s the difference between a fragment where a piece has been taken away and an unfinished one? What kind of authority do the reconstructions of incomplete works have? What options has the artist while performing this work? Why do fragments attract us? The Piano Sonata in C major consists of two complete movements and two incomplete ones. While some piano players such as Paul Badura-Skoda have recorded it completing the work themselves, others such as Sviatoslav Richter interrupt their interpretation in the exact place where Schubert stopped. His decision is based on the idea that the interpreter should respect as much as possible the composer's intentions. However, by not completing the musical discourse, the piano player creates such a traumatic sonorous wound that the emptiness created becomes another added one, another completion made of silence and speechlessness. Paradoxically, the hollow sound that Richter leaves ends up becoming a much more intensive (and perhaps much more serious) intrusion than if he would have added a few measures to the score.

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This article was originally published in Itamar: Revista de investigación musical, available at https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/ITAMAR/article/view/14050/12969

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