An Attempt to Apply Pierre Schaeffer’s Typomorphology to an Analysis of Selected Experimental Radio Plays Produced by Polish Radio
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This text represents an attempt to confront the typomorphology developed by Pierre Schaeffer in the 1950s with an analysis and interpretation of experimental radio plays produced by the Polish radio theatre and the Polish radio experimental Studio. the examples studied are works whose plot and music explore the theme of rail travel. a train actually appears as a theme in Schaeffer’s composition Etude aux chemins de fer, crucial for typomorphological analysis. the author dissects both radio adaptations (Edward Stachura’s Siekierezada and Fabula rasa, Vasily grossman’s Wszystko płynie [Everything Flows], and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz’s Szalona lokomotywa [The Crazy Locomotive]) and also original productions of the Polish radio theatre (Grzegorz Walczak’s Kaktus [Cactus]). Apart from classic radio plays, also analysed are works produced by the Polish Radio Experimental Studio (Śniadanie na trawie w grocie Lascaux [Breakfast on the Grass in Lascaux Cave] and Ptacy i ludzie [Birds and People] by Eugeniusz Rudnik). An interesting context for research into the audiosphere is the analysis of an essay in sound by Zuzanna Solakiewicz and Marcin Lenarczyk titled 15 stron świata [Fifteen Parts of the World]. The attempt to compare the notions developed within the typomorphology with auditory phenomena in selected radio productions is broadened to include the railway context, so vital for an understanding of Schaeffer’s musical code. Interpreting sound in terms of mass, dynamics and continuity will establish new contexts for the study of artistic works broadcast on radio.
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