Cоmpositional process between planned structures and subjective choices. some food for thought from A. Webern’s Second cantata op. 31
The article deals with the actual question for the composition of modern music - at least since the discovery of the dodecaphone technique by Arnold Schoenberg - the relationship between free choice and strict pre-established procedures. Webern's work provides food for thought on this subtle and at the same time fundamental question. To explore the relationship between strict constraints and individual decisions in Webern's work, we propose an analysis of the sixth movement from the Second Cantata (op. 31) for solo soprano and bass, choir and orchestra, created by Anton Webern in the period from 1941 to 1943 and which became the last completed work of the composer.