Palimpsest Structure of Peter Ruzicka’s Composition Tallis or to What Extent Does Postmodernism Depend upon Modernism

Abstract

The article attempts to explain the nature of the relationship between modernism and postmodernism, exposing the possibility of postmodernism being a continuation and radicalisation of modernism. This thesis is demonstrated by taking as an example Peter Ruzicka’s symphonic work Tallis, conceived of as a palimpsest.