| Authenticity and Early Music Contributor(s): Kenyon, Nicholas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198161530 ISBN-13: 9780198161530 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $73.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1989 Annotation: This book attempts for the first time to explore the thinking behind the search for so-called authenticity in musical performance, and to question some of the received opinions about its worth and purpose. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal - Music | Instruction & Study - Theory - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.63 |
| LCCN: 88015464 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.42" W x 8.52" (0.70 lbs) 234 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nothing has more profoundly influenced the development of music making over the last two decades than the growth of the historical performance movement. Perceived by some as a threat, an indication of our loss of faith in our powers of musical creation, and by others as part of the evolution of modern attitudes towards performing styles, this trend towards historically correct interpretation has inspired lively debate among scholars and performers. Examining and questioning the prevailing basis for the so-called authenticity movement, this collection of papers deals with the conflict between approaching early music performance with respect for the composer's original intentions, and the shortcomings, according to many musicians, that this produces. The contributors include Gary Tomlinson, Will Crutchfield, Howard Mayer Brown, Robert Morgan, Philip Brett, and Richard Taruskin. |