Światowe granie — motyw wiatru. Pejzaż dźwiękowy Karpat Wschodnich w prozie Stanisława Vincenza

Drawing on R. Murray Schafer’s concept of soundscape, the author of the article analyses Stanisław Vincenz’s cycle Na wysokiej połoninie [High Mountain Pastures]. Vincenz, endowed with an extraordinary sensitivity to sounds, created a colourful picture of the acoustic landscape of the Eastern Carpathians, in which the crucial role is played by sounds generated by the elements: air and water, as well as, to a lesser extent, fire and earth. All of them are integrated and make up a complete, macrocosmic composition. The author of the article carries out a detailed analysis of the role of the wind, both as a soloist and a conductor of sounds generated by the forest. The wind part emerges throughout the cycle, though its distribution is not uniform — it plays the biggest role in volumes 1 (The Truth of Primeval Age) and 4 (A Vinca Wreath). The wind appears asa link between two dimensions: human and heavenly; it serves as a creator, similar to the biblical Divine Wisdom. The sounds of the forest play the main role in the fi rst two volumes, especially in A Fight. In addition to swoosh, which is musical in its nature, we have here many sound warnings protecting the sanctity of the forest. The volume, like the entire cycle, is a book about careful listening. The article is completed by a diagram showing the relations between the various levels of reality and the intermediating role of sounds and music.