Authenticities : : Philosophical Reflections on Musical Performance / / Peter Kivy.

"In his latest book on the aesthetics of music, Peter Kivy presents an argument not for authenticity but for authenticities of performance, including authenticities of intention, sound, practice, and the authenticity of personal interpretation in performance. As usual, Kivy's work is beaut...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1995
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 19 musical examples
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
One: How to Be Authentic --
1. The Concept of Authenticity --
2. Authenticity as Intention --
3. Authenticity as Sound --
4. Authenticity as Practice --
5. The Other Authenticity --
Two: Why to Be Authentic --
6. The Authority of Intention --
7. The Authority of Sound --
8. The Authority of Practice --
9. The Other Authority --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:"In his latest book on the aesthetics of music, Peter Kivy presents an argument not for authenticity but for authenticities of performance, including authenticities of intention, sound, practice, and the authenticity of personal interpretation in performance. As usual, Kivy's work is beautifully written, well argued, and provocative."—Notes"Kivy has provided a sorely needed framework for all future discussion of the authenticity matter. This is his best book, a major contribution to performance studies and to musical aesthetics; likely it will be studied and cited for generations."—Choice"Written in lively prose, with a keen sense of reality, [this volume] ought to be of interest not only to philosophers and musicologists, but to all serious lovers of music."—Roger Scruton, Times Literary Supplement"The consistent theme running through Kivy's book is the need for interpretation as the personal authenticity and authority of the performer against the ideology both of the composer as genius and of the puritanical devotion to the authority of the text of the early music devotees. This is a most valuable book, one which constantly surprises and delights through its philosophical insights and informed musical understanding."—British Journal of Aesthetics
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781501731631
9783110536171
DOI:10.7591/9781501731631
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Peter Kivy.