Konstantin M. Kurlenya
ISSN 2308-1333
Dr. Habil. in Art Studies, Professor of Music Theory Department of Novosibirsk M. I. Glinka State Conservatory
e-mail: kurlenya78@mail.ru
Repetitive techniques and semantic metamorphoses of repetition
Abstract
The article discusses the functions of repetition in the compositional process. Purposeful self-reproduction of repetitions forms a specific type of ostinato — a repeating technique. Its use served a wide variety of artistic purposes, without often claiming to become an end in itself. But when this did happen, it was always associated with a deep rethinking of the semantic and structural functions of repetition.