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El Territorio de la música impura

2005

Abstract

This article consists of the author's personal reflections on the ancient and controversial subject of the autonomy or heteronomy of music vis-à-vis other art forms. After a summary historical review from Classical Antiquity to the present day, which situates and frames the current status of the issue, the article proceeds to define the limits and characteristics of the so-called "territory of impure music." Finally, some of the author's compositions are analyzed according to their place within said territory, specifically