Klanglandschaften

References to nature in contemporary and historical musical works are conceptually accentuated in very different ways: they can involve imitation of nature, contemplative immersion, but also sonic voyages of discovery or even "sound ecology." Nature repeatedly serves as a stimulus for unusual compositions. This volume describes some of these diverse perspectives, thereby opening up a fascinating field of study. The historical spectrum ranges from Heinrich Schütz to modern musical theater to video clips by the singer Björk. In many places, aspects of the visual arts are also included.

The Contributions:
JÖRN PETER HIEKEL, Between Everyday Experience and Artifice: On References to Nature in Music HELGA DE LA MOTTE, Mental Images of Nature: Imitation – Appropriation – Transformation SABINE SANIO, Music – Nature – Reality. On the Musical Tradition of the Avant-Garde Since the Dadaists HENRY KEAZOR, “Emotional Landscapes”: The Music Videos of Michel Gondry and Björk MARTIN ZENCK / ELISABETH OY-MARRA, Making Nature Experiential Through Art? The Overwhelming and Sublime Nature in the Flood by Nicolas Poussin (Le déluge, 1660–64) and by Hugues Dufourt (Le déluge d’après Poussin, 2001) ALBRECHT VON MASSOW, First and Second Nature in Music WOLFGANG LESSING, “Everything Is Leaf” – Goethe’s Concept of Nature Reflected in Contemporary Music CHRISTIAN UTZ, On Nature “Speaking” Through Music. The Physiognomy of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici (1996–98) in the Context of Concepts of Nature in Wagner, Mahler, Debussy, and Varèse WOLFGANG MENDE, Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang in the Tension Between Biologist and Idealist Anthropology MATHIAS HERRMANN, “… when the beautiful sun shines and the clouds sadden us …”. Cosmic associations and nature metaphors in Heinrich Schütz MANUEL GERVINK, Salomon de Caus, landscape architect, engineer, and music theorist – imitation of nature and technology in “classicism.”

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