Escuchar e interpretar

The figure in the painting “Sad Premonitions of What is to Happen” by Goya appears to be stunned by death and is grappling with questions of identity. Although he is not a musician, he is unaware that in the modern world, answers about one’s identity can only be found through navigating different meanings. The character in the painting seems to be stripped of his identity, giving himself unconditionally to the observer. Music, especially musical theater, allowed individuals to create costumes to impress others and carve out their own space for survival. The Spanish authors studied in this context experienced expulsion, failure, and the reinvention of their identity in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Their unique relationship with music prompted a reconsideration of the conflict presented by Goya between ideology and subjectivity, discipline and freedom. The acts of ‘listening’ and ‘interpreting’ are seen as responses of the Self to its fall into existential negativity, providing a common thread for reflecting on the emergence of modern consciousness.

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