Gap of the unfathomable: the academic Widmer and the composer Widmer in the Marginálias da musica ocidental do último milênio.
The present study intends to reflect upon the theoretical constructions presented by the
Brazilian composer (born in Switzerland), Ernst Widmer (1927-1990) in three of his
monographic works: Bordão e Bordadura (1970), Cláusulas e Cadências (1984) e Paradoxon
versus Paradigma: marginalias da música ocidental do último milênio – III falsas relações (1)
(1988). It was aimed to identify the core ideas and the methods that he employed, therefore
approaching the relationship between theorizing and composing in this composer’s trajectory.
The course of this reflection will serve as a guide to the compositional incursions which endorse
the present study.