recomençament
Catalan composer
Definition
Starting over: Mompou's concept of musical recommencement — the idea that each piece begins again from zero, without reference to what came before. Related to primitivista, it suggests a compositional attitude of perpetual freshness and childlike openness.
Interpretive Guidance
Each Mompou piece should feel as though it has no history — newly arrived, unhurried, without drama about what preceded or follows it. Begin each piece with a clean mind.