Keywords
Stochastic Music
Giants in Greek Mythology
Kottos
Extended Techniques in Violoncello
Formal Analysis
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Abstract
With this paper I pretends to do an approach to Kottos, the solo violoncello piece composed by Iannis Xenakis in 1977, from the analysis of the musical materials and its different relations trough the evolution of the piece, from a direct analogy with a mythological character that inspired its creation as well, and from extra–musical concepts around the idea of this myth. In a certain way, this piece shows us the possibility of a different comprehension of Coto, who was a horrible and isolated monster in Greek Mythology. It may show us invisible faces; perhaps it shows us Coto’s dreams and desires and how do they mix with the reality of the character and all his possibilities. But the important is that this piece doesn’t limit the giant to a simple ugly and disproportioned being, as the theologies of Greek Mythology did.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose, provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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