Abstract
In this article an interpretative context is speculatively constructed by reading Peter Klatzow's Tyd van Verhuising ('A Change of Abode', 1977) through a dialogue that is inspired both by the communicative function of the text itself and by interactive possibilities between the instrumental music and the words and images 'surrounding' it. The two instrumental interludes from Klatzow's Tyd van Verhuising avoid any direct 'portrayal' of Klee's Tod und Feuer. Even less do they construct any straightforward interpretation of van Heerden's poems. Therefore they may be understood neither as musical 'illustrations' nor as textual 'accompaniments', but rather as 'contrapuntal' interpretations functioning as collaborative efforts in the presentation of a composite work. The complex 'asymmetries' between the different art forms that are juxtaposed in Tyd van Verhuising ensure mutually shared domains of meaning offering rich expressive and symbolic potentialities. The shared inner relationships of the arts are expressed through symbolic representation on the spiritual plane, the symbols standing both 'for themselves' and for an ambiguity that is an essential characteristic of the differences in the artistic 'texts' involved.
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