Fresta do imponderável: o Widmer teórico e o Widmer compositor nas marginálias da música ocidental do último milênio

Abstract

The present study intends to reflect upon the theoretical constructions presented by the Brazilian composer (born in Switzerland), Ernst Widmer (1927-1990) in three of his monographic works: Bordão e Bordadura (1970), Cláusulas e Cadências (1984) e Paradoxon versus Paradigma: marginalias da música ocidental do último milênio – III falsas relações (1) (1988). It was aimed to identify the core ideas and the methods that he employed, therefore approaching the relationship between theorizing and composing in this composer’s trajectory. The course of this reflection will serve as a guide to the compositional incursions which endorse the present study.