THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REPETITION AND TIME IN MUSIC IN THE LIGHT OF THE THEORETICAL VIEWS OF VICTOR ZUCKERKANDL

The article discusses the interaction of two fundamental categories of musical art: repetition and time. The source is Victor Zuckerkandl’s work “Sound and Symbol”, which shows the interdependence of repetition in music through the category of time, its interaction with metrorhythm and the principles of the organisation of the musical movement. In this approach, Zuckerkandl largely summarises and develops the positions of intuitionism and philosophy of life, reflected in the works of A. Bergson. The presented point of view of Zuckerkandl, as well as the analysis of some musical compositions on the subject of the organisation of repetition and time in them, allows us to conclude that the relationship between these categories is deep and multifaceted, and the composer, through various ways of organising repetition, can influence the course of time and the psychological mechanisms of its perception. The result of these processes is a view of repetition as a specific property of musical time.

REPETITION AND TIME IN MUSIC, VICTOR ZUCKERKANDL, METRORHYTHM, MOTION, PERIODICITY, CYCLE