Soittajan ja säveltäjän vuorovaikutus sävellysprosessissa

Abstract

Tämän opinnäytetyön tarkoitus on käsitellä soittajan ja säveltäjän vuorovaikutusta vuoden kestävässä sävellysprosessissa, johon pääsin itse osallistumaan soittajana. Opinnäytetyöni on myös kertomus siitä, minkälaisen matkan Miikka Kallion sävellys Sonaatti sellolle ja pianolle koki sen alkuvaiheista keväästä 2006 siihen hetkeen, kun se kantaesitettiin päättöresitaalissani 25.1.2007. Kerron sävellysprosessin eri vaiheista omasta sekä säveltäjän näkökulmasta. Peilaan tutkimukseni kirjallisuutta omakohtaisiin kokemuksiini soittajana sävellysprosessin eri vaiheissa. Haluan tuoda esiin soittajan näkökulman tutkiessani sävellysprosessia ja siihen vaikuttavia tekijöitä. Kirjallisuusosassa selvitän säveltäjän ja soittajan suhdetta sävellykseen barokin ajoista tähän päivään. Kerron, kuinka esittäjäkeskeisessä kulttuurissamme esittäjäkeskeisyys tekee esittäjästä usein sävellystä ja säveltäjää tärkeämmän. Valotan, miten aikamme säveltäjät kokevat säveltämisen tänä päivänä. Soitinnus ja soittimen äärirajat ovat muuttuneet erilaisiksi aikojen saatossa. Keskeisiä käsitteitä opinnäytetyössäni ovat tekijä ja tekijyys. Kuvailen niitä ennen ja nyt. Tekijä ja tekijyys ilmenevät musiikkialalla hyvin monella tavoin. Täten rajaan käsitteet ja niiden tarkastelun koskemaan lähinnä säveltäjää ja soittajaa, sekä näiden suhteita toisiinsa. Pohdin sitä, voiko säveltäjä olla soittaja ja soittaja säveltäjä. Tuon julki tekijän ja tekijyyden muuttumista tilanteen ja toiminnan mukaan. Kerron esittäjästä sekä säveltäjän ja soittajan rooleista ja näiden suhteista toisiinsa. Analysoin teosta myös hieman pintaa syvemmältä. Painotan säveltäjän ja soittajan kommunikoinnin ja sosiaalisen kanssakäymisen merkitystä teokselle. Kerron siitä, miten molemmat kokivat sävellysprosessin omalla kohdallaan. Puhun tieto-tekniikan tuomista hyödyistä ja haitoista prosessissa. Pohdin omaa kehitystäni muusikkona sekä säveltäjän kehitystä säveltäjänä sävellysprosessissa. Pohdin sitä, vaikuttiko soittaja sävellyksen syntyyn sellistin näkökulmasta. Johtopäätöksinä totesin, että vaikutus näkyi lähinnä tulkinnan ja esitysmerkintöjen kautta. Tuon julki omat sekä säveltäjän kokemukset konserteista.

This research deals interaction of musician and composer in one year long process of composing which I participated as a musician. My thesis is also a story of Miikka Kallio ́s sonata for cello & piano. The story is all about the sonata how it was born and how it developed from spring 2006 to my final recital on 25.1.2007 where it was performed. I write the different stages of the process according to my and composers points of view. I reflect the material and literature of my research towards my own experiences as a musician in the different stages of the process of composing. I want to bring the point of view of a musician when studying the process of composing and those factors affecting towards it. In the literature part I explain the relation of the composer and musician to the composition from the days of baroque to present. I discuss how in our performer-type of culture the central position of performing makes often the performer more important than the composer or the piece. I also enlighten how the composers in our times experience composing today. Also instrumentation and the limits of the instrument have changed many ways through the ages. Essential concepts in my thesis are author and authorship. I describe these two ideas how they used to be and how they are now. Author and authorship appear in many ways in the field of music. By this means I will range the concepts and the critical examination to focus mainly on composer and musician and the relations between them. I discuss also that can composer be a musician and musician composer. I disclose also how author and authorship change in a matter of situation and action. I describe about the performer and the roles of the composer and musician and the relations between them. I will also analyze the composition. I will stress the importance of the communication and association between the composer and the musician and the meaning of that for the piece. I will also report how both the composer and the musician felt about the process of composing. I will discuss about the advantages and the disadvantages of the information technology in the process. In this study I think over my own progress as a musician and the composẹr ́́s progress as a composer. I will also discuss that did musician take effect to the composition as a view of a cellist. The results showed that the influence was seen as the ways of interpretation and the ways of performing. I will also bring up my own and the composers experiences about the concertsThis research deals interaction of musician and composer in one year long process of composing which I participated as a musician. My thesis is also a story of Miikka Kallio ́s sonata for cello & piano. The story is all about the sonata how it was born and how it developed from spring 2006 to my final recital on 25.1.2007 where it was performed. I write the different stages of the process according to my and composers points of view. I reflect the material and literature of my research towards my own experiences as a musician in the different stages of the process of composing. I want to bring the point of view of a musician when studying the process of composing and those factors affecting towards it. In the literature part I explain the relation of the composer and musician to the composition from the days of baroque to present. I discuss how in our performer-type of culture the central position of performing makes often the performer more important than the composer or the piece. I also enlighten how the composers in our times experience composing today. Also instrumentation and the limits of the instrument have changed many ways through the ages. Essential concepts in my thesis are author and authorship. I describe these two ideas how they used to be and how they are now. Author and authorship appear in many ways in the field of music. By this means I will range the concepts and the critical examination to focus mainly on composer and musician and the relations between them. I discuss also that can composer be a musician and musician composer. I disclose also how author and authorship change in a matter of situation and action. I describe about the performer and the roles of the composer and musician and the relations between them. I will also analyze the composition. I will stress the importance of the communication and association between the composer and the musician and the meaning of that for the piece. I will also report how both the composer and the musician felt about the process of composing. I will discuss about the advantages and the disadvantages of the information technology in the process. In this study I think over my own progress as a musician and the composer ́s progress as a composer. I will also discuss that did musician take effect to the composition as a view of a cellist. The results showed that the influence was seen as the ways of interpretation and the ways of performing. I will also bring up my own and the composers experiences about the concerts.