Vignette
Let’s start with a re- cap. In posts (1) and (2) we studied what a fugue is, how it relates to self reliance as well as the archetype of a perfect language based on Japanese and Italian primordial forces.
As we progress, we become more creative.
2 dancers: A Japanese and an Italian one
Imagine there are 2 dancers :
Japanese is the dancer who moves in moonlit negative space…..
Italian arrives barefoot on sun warmed marble
When they meet and dance it is not collision it is Fugue counterpoint in flesh
Japanese offers the silence between steps , Italian fills it with laughter and song
Japanese teaches the Italian dancer that stillness can be the most passionate movement of all and Italian ‘s lesson is how to let hips sway
Two languages , two dancers: one shared architecture of Beauty.
How is this relationship manifested in Fugue?
Fugue in relation to Japanese and Italian
In Fugue music, Italian slancio is the subject. it is directional, it moves forward, it wants continuation. If the subject was ‘hesitating’ it wouldn’t provide momentum, it wouldn’t ‘dance’ ~~~
. But , like in love, it requires a counterpoint to create unequivocally beautiful music. This counterpoint is MA.
Whie the subject is unfolding in voice 1
voice 2 does nothing
voice 3 does notihing
The relationship between the 2 is mathematics, a finesse in temporal intelligence.
If voice 2 enters too soon
the subject is obscure- the listener cannot grasp it
if voice 2 enters too late
the energy dissipates.
This relationship in my opinions shines while in the development section.
While in the opening MA manifests as silence, in the middle entries it manifests as thinning.
While many voices might be playing at the same time, they don’t all have the same force. Some are more prominent than others, while episodes, like MA stretch the sense of time.
Too much slancio> chaos
Too much MA> statis
In a sense this is equivalent to masterpieces where there is asymmetry, but this asymmetry is in a state of intelligent ratio.
Beauty and “Risqué”
Lasting beauty requires a quirk, a sense of “risqué” but it takes lots of practice and lots of like experience to find the sweet spot. And when you do you don’t have to say much, the soul speaks through you, it is strong and silent MA and slancio at the same time. It is Hebrew Aleph.