Polystylism

Polystylism is the use of multiple styles or techniques in literature, art, film, or, especially, music.

Some prominent contemporary polystylist composers include Peter Maxwell Davies,^[1] Alfred Schnittke,^[2] and John Zorn.^[3] Polystylist composers from earlier in the twentieth century include Charles Ives^[4] and Erik Satie.^[5] Among literary figures, James Joyce has been referred to as a polystylist.^[6] On the other hand, composers including Sofia Gubaidulina have rejected the term as not applicable to their work.^[7]

References

^ John Webb, "Schnittke in Context" Tempo New Series/182, September 1992. 19–22. Citation on 19.
^ Ivan Moody, "The Music of Alfred Schnittke", Tempo New Series, no. 168, 50th Anniversary 1939–1989 (March 1989): 4–11. Citation on 4.
^ Ted Gordon, "John Zorn: Autonomy and the Avant-Garde" Avant vol. 3/T, 2012. 329–343. citation on 331.
^ Nachum Schoffman, "Charles Ives's Song 'Vote for Names'", Current Musicology 23 (1977): 56–68.
^ Daniel Albright, "Postmodern Interpretations of Satie's Parade", Canadian University Music Review/Revue de Musique des Universités Canadiennes 22, no. 1 (2002): 22–39.
^ Rudolph von Abele, "Film as Interpretation: A Case Study of Ulysses", The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 31 (1973): 487–500, citation on 495.
^ Vera Lukomsky, "Sofia Gubaidulina: 'My Desire Is Always to Rebel, to Swim against the Stream!'”. Perspectives of New Music 36. no. 1 (Winter 1998): 5–41, citation on 24–26.
^ ^a ^b Alfred Schnittke, "Polystylistic Tendencies in Modern Music (1971)", in A Schnittke Reader, edited by Aleksandr Ivashkin, English translation by John Derek Goodliffe, 87–90 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002) ISBN 978-0-253-33818-1.

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