Esszéterek, ​regényterek

In the space of an organ chord
Strings, then wind instruments, drums, and again winds, then strings, sound the opening chords of an exceptionally powerful musical work, which the composer imbued with associations of creation and sunrise (R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra). All these musical allusions seem to dwindle in the echoing organ chord that sounds at the end of the first musical unit, or – as if it doesn't even sound, but merely continues what has been said. Due to its nature, the organ resonates, an ensemble of sounds continues to resonate, becoming independent of the musical image that suggests recognition, triumph, and the immeasurable breadth of sight and vision. The sounding of the organ in this work is unexpected, or perhaps not unexpected, as it is a form "arising from the intimate connection between poetry and music." Yet, these few chords continue to resonate persistently in the space of that inner hearing, where we are no longer sensitive to actual sound effects, but to other effects perceivable only by our inner selves. This chord is a new expansion of the region that we have dedicated in this book not to musical works, but to definable spaces that can be perceived through language, and to the reception of these spaces.