The whale case: between copulation and disjunction

A study on acoustics by Giacinto Scelsi

Abstract

Based on the readings of El canto de las Sirenas and La Imaginación Sonora, by the philosopher Eugenio Trías, its present a reflective study on the acoustics of the composer Giacinto Scelsi. The approach of the hypothesis lies in placing the body as an instrument for receiving sound. Wherefore, this article applies a hermeneutic and comparative methodology, analyzing some common aspects between the legend of Jonah and the Greek myth of Orpheus/Eurydice. In conclusion, an interpretation of Scelsi’s sound image is proposed, mediated by the figure of his composition Coelacanth, based on the terms peras and apeiron conceptualized both by the philosophy of Trías.