Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Feb. 2010
Composing action and effect
In its broadest sense, the word composition refers to the action and result of composingMeanwhile, it presents other more specific references according to the context in which the word is used.
Linguistics: process of forming new words by joining two or more words
At the behest of the linguistics that one will be called composition procedure through which new words will be formed by joining two or more words or particles, for example, prepend, stress, electrocardiogram, otorhinolaryngology.
Chemistry: substances present in samples
On the other hand, in the field of Chemistry, is known as chemical composition to those substances that are present in a certain sample and in the quantities in which they are available.
Artistic creations that demand ingenuity: music, art, literature
In the music, is called as musical composition to art that aims to create musical works. In the case of the cultured European tradition, musical composition will demand the knowledge and study of many other disciplines, such as harmony, counterpoint, orchestration, musical forms, among other Meanwhile, with respect to jazz or that music that is more than anything based on improvisation, such study and knowledge will not be required, being that what will prevail in the composition is improvisation, instantaneity.
For the world of the arts, how to besculpture, photography, painting, among others, a composition will be the art of distribute the elements of a work. For example, photographic composition refers to the way in which the objects seen within the frame will be arranged.
Also, at exercise of drafting in which the student develops an x topic it is popularly known as composition; "The teacher of language He sent us as a homework assignment to make a composition about the holidays ”.
From what has just been exposed, it can be deduced that in artistic fields such as music, plastic arts and literature, the concept is closely linked to the creativity of the artists who face the composition process of a work. There are some artists who follow stylistic patterns already established by the current in which they are enrolled and do not move from there and there are other more avant-garde and innovative that bet on the original and the different. But beyond these considerations the composition will involve a creative act.
We must also say with regard to composition that there are many artists who need to isolate themselves from their daily universe to achieve the long-awaited inspiration that helps them compose with the strictest creativity. In musicians and painters it is a common fact that they move away from large cities and their close circles to achieve a self-absorption that allows them to achieve creative peace.
Another fundamental element in some composers and artists are the inspiring muses, embodied by people of flesh and blood, real, or by ideas, imaginary situations or related by others, and that then trigger creative processes that end in a remarkable composition.
Educational use: to improve the expression and use of the language by the student
Meanwhile, at the educational level, teachers make use of composition to exercise and encourage the student to improve in terms of expression or mastery of a language. For example, in the subjects of language and literature, teachers urge their students to make free compositions, that is, on a subject that they choose, or impose on them some themes to develop and thus exercise their written expression, either in their own language or in the learning of another language.
Plan agreed by several people
Another use of the term is that which tells us that the composition is a plan, an agreement signed by multiple people; "The workers have already made a composition of the plan of struggle and there will be no going back on it."
Components of something
Likewise, the set of components of a thing or substance is commonly called a composition; "The composition of a institution”.
Synonym of composure
And finally the word composition is used recurrently in our language as a synonym for composure. Maintaining composure is nothing more than developing a dignified, appropriate and correct behavior, especially in those contexts and areas that demand it.
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