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The ideatic formulations of Helmut Lachenmann (b. 1935) consecrate specific connotations to the perception/ grasping of linguistic and social-cultural determinants, driving away any poetic fiction (or false sound-paraphrase) from around aesthetics and music. Conceived as a polyphony of syntactic and semantic organisations, Consolation II (for 16 mixed voices) redefines music as a social-cultural phenomenon. Studying his vision in a critical manner, the polarities are perhaps the most important heritage assimilated...