Przemiany języka muzyki – hałas jako norma estetyczna XX wieku

In the course of 20th century, aestheticians of music considered not only increasing difference between art music and popular music but also the opposite processes. The languages of both spheres started to be overlapping so much that to tag whatever musical expression had lost its importance. The typical feature of some contemporary musical expressions or recent avant-garde works of art is its noise attribute. We mean tolerance for presence of noise sound includ-ing high intensity noise. In the contribution we consider the changes of musical phenomena, simultaneously respecting the fact that in the sound democracy” of the 20th century almost every sound is able to be employed. The purpose is to extend the potential aesthetic qualities of music.