Went to S's place and typed the music examples for Boulez's 'Structures I' last Sunday night. Very inspiring. The vertical design of the sonority immediately attracted my attention.
Learnt some great ideas just by looking at the selection of notes with fixed register. There are subtle changes between different sonority that rings with an f# in the centre. However with a different weight on each P5 side, creating the transitions between each block of sound. Furthermore, the sections could have less or absent of that sonority, together project a complete sonic map. The utilisation of those, very inspiring. Calling this an accident? Doubt it.
One other thing that S made me become aware is how much the composers can not help reflecting their own thoughts when making comments on other people's works. Whilst the theorists studying what the composers said about other works, they crack into understanding what the composer planned in their pieces. It is a rather reasonable simple fact, since if one tries to see what can be learnt from other's writing, one can not help to superimpose an 'ideal form' over the examples.
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