Intertextuality, subjectivity, and meaning in Liszt’s Deux Polonaises

Cormac, Joanne (2019) Intertextuality, subjectivity, and meaning in Liszt’s Deux Polonaises. Musical Quarterly . ISSN 1741-8399

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Abstract

This article brings the concepts of intertextuality and subjectivity into dialogue in order to advance our understanding of both and to generate new readings of two pieces that are rich in intertextual relationships and also raise complex questions about subjectivity: Liszt’s Deux Polonaises. I argue that, not only are intertextuality and subjectivity codependent, intertextuality also influences the way subjectivities behave and their characteristics. Furthermore, the performer has a fundamental influence on how subjectivities are expressed, challenging our understanding of who retains authorial control. The Deux Polonaises are also related to a literary intertext: Liszt’s F. Chopin, written in the wake of Chopin’s death. This book offers fascinating insight into the potential meanings behind the intertextual references and the play of subjectivities within the pieces, and connects the Deux Polonaises to the emotive historical and political context of their composition. It opens up multiple meanings that are related to contemporary conceptions of the polonaise, and the symbols of Polish cultural Romanticism with which the genre was intertwined.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/892564
Additional Information: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Musical Quarterly following peer review. The version of record Joanne Cormac, Intertextuality, Subjectivity, and Meaning in Liszt’s Deux Polonaises, The Musical Quarterly, 2019, is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/mq/advance-article/doi/10.1093/musqtl/gdz005/5450065.
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Arts > School of Humanities > Department of Music
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1093/musqtl/gdz005
Depositing User: Cormac, Joanne
Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2017 09:17
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:16
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/47899

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