The Musician As Interpreter - Brossura

Thom, Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0271031999 ISBN 13: 9780271031996

Casa editrice: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Among the many practices in which musicians engage are several that may be viewed as modes of interpretation, a kind of interpretation that Paul Thom calls “performative” to contrast it with another kind he calls “critical.” The difference is that the latter discusses a musical work; the former presents or enacts it. This book aims at making the case for understanding these activities of transcribing, varying, and realizing music as all forms of interpretation and, indeed, for seeing performative interpretation overall as a paradigm of what interpretation is. Thom devotes a chapter to each of the three types and, to make his philosophical points musically concrete, provides a wealth of illustrations ranging from classical music to jazz and involving performers as diverse as Toscanini and Billie Holiday.

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L'autore:

Paul Thom is Professor of Philosophy and Executive Dean of Arts at Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia.

Product Description:

Among the many practices in which musicians engage are several that may be viewed as modes of interpretation, a kind of interpretation that Paul Thom calls 'performative' to contrast it with another kind he calls 'critical'. The difference is that the latter discusses a musical work; the former presents or enacts it. This book aims at making the case for understanding these activities of transcribing, varying, and realizing music as all forms of interpretation.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0271031999
• ISBN 13: 9780271031996
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 101