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Stefan
Pohlit
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Pythagoras
and the 21st century:
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Tendencies
towards the sources of Middle-Eastern and Western traditions and
their transformation into a joint perspective
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The
time has come that Middle- Eastern musicians and composers pursue
more and more confident inquiry into the developable potentials
of their original musical cultures. The broadly accepted assumption
of former times that Modernization would require complete annexation
to Occidental structures and mindsets may demand a revaluation especially
in contemporary music with its historical foundation in central
Europe. As for every living musical culture, those potentials of
continuous transformation must draw on a deep insight into their
theoretical bases rather than on an observation that reduces them
on the seemingly timeless stereotypes appearing on the surface of
their performance. Consequently, intercultural composition becomes
an equal part of critical discourses in the 21st century.
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