Musical Works and Performances
A Philosophical Exploration
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 22 July 2004
- ISBN 9780199274116
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 235x155x20 mm
- Weight 526 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous musical examples and line drawings 0
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Short description:
Stephen Davies presents a rich and fascinating exploration of the nature of musical works, their performances, and the ways in which they are notated. He argues that works come in a variety of types, and discusses such questions as whether it is possible to perform old music authentically, the relations between recordings and live performances, and whether ethnic music influenced by foreign sources and presented to a foreign audience can genuinely reflect the culture's own values. Anyone interested in theoretical issues about music, or philosophical questions about art and culture, will find this a rewarding read.
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What are musical works? Are they discovered or created? Of what elements are they comprised? How are they specified by notations? What makes a performance of one piece and not another? Is it possible to perform old music authentically? Can ethnic music influenced by foreign sources and presented to tourists genuinely reflect the culture's musical and wider values? Can recordings substitute faithfully for live performances? These are the questions considered in Musical Works and Performances.
Part One outlines the nature of musical works, their relation to performances, and their notational specification. Works for performance differ from ones that are merely for playback, and pieces for live rendition are unlike those for studio performance. Pieces vary in the number and kind of their constitutive properties. The identity of musical works goes beyond their sonic profile and depends on their music-historical context. To be of a given work, a performance must match its contents by following instructions traceable to its creation. Some pieces are indicated via exemplars, but many are specified notationally. Scores must be interpreted in light of notational conventions and performance practices they assume.
Part Two considers authenticity in performance, musical traditions, and recordings. A performance should follow the composer's instructions. Departures from the ideal are tolerable, but faithfulness is central to the enterprise of work performance, not merely an interpretative option. When musical cultures interact, assimilation from within differs from destruction from without. Even music subject to foreign influences can genuinely reflect the musical traditions and social values of a culture, however. Finally, while most works are for live performance, most performances are experienced via recordings, which have their own, distinctive characteristics.
This comprehensive and original analysis of musical ontology discusses many kinds of music, and applies its conclusions to issues as diverse as the authentic performance movement, the cultural integrity of ethnic music, and the implications of the dominance of recorded over live music.
Review from previous edition This is a richly detailed work that demonstrates that the aesthetics of music must struggle with ontological issues, and aestheticians must discuss music beyond the usual paradigm cases. Anyone serious about the aesthetics of music must grapple with this book, and I wager that the next generation of scholars will regard it as an indispensable classic.
Table of Contents:
Part One: Works, their Instances, and Notations
Introduction to Part One
Musical Works
Elements of Musical Works
Notations
Performances
Part Two: Performance, Culture, and Recording
Introduction to Part Two
Authenticity in Western Classical Music
Authenticity and non-Western Music
Recordings
Bibliography
Discography
