TÉCNICAS COMPOSITIVAS ACTUALES EN LA ORQUESTA DE VIENTOS. I La perspectiva del repertorio

The aesthetic revolution that the twentieth century has seen, where a multitude of proposals arose, reached the different instrumental groups in a disparate way. While symphonic and chamber music lived a rebirth sponsored by new compositional techniques, the wind orchestra was stuck in an apparent context of tonality and modality that, far from evolving at the same time as the other formations, has experienced an apparent retreat towards postures more conservative aesthetics. The present work arises from the need to evolve the current repertoire for wind orchestra, deepening its timbral possibilities and developing a repertoire that addresses composition for wind orchestra, from a current perspective that develops some of the main aesthetic currents of the avant-garde musical of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Next, a detailed analysis of the compositional processes addressed in each of the works under study is elaborated, without losing the perspective of the fundamental objective; the composition of two works that develop the sound potential of the orchestral wind and percussion formation within a contemporary style.

Previously, some of the most important contributions to the genre made by different composers are exposed, which have meant a real and significant connection of the new compositional proposals of the 20th and 21st centuries with the formation of winds in their orchestral or large ensemble concretion. Especially noteworthy are those proposals by authors closely related to the wind repertoire, especially in its band aspect. At the same time, other works by significant authors within the orchestral and chamber repertoire are referenced, who have made sporadic contributions to the wind orchestra / ensemble. Contributions that for their originality or style framed in the aesthetic compositional currents of the XX and XXI, imply an outstanding fact for the wind and percussion genre.