Title: History, imagination, and the performance of music /
Authors: Walls, Peter.
Publisher: Boydell Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Performance practice (Music); Music Performance
Abstract: "From the outset Peter Walls stresses the need for research driven by curiosity rather than by the desire to justify a particular approach. Arguing that a performance determined entirely by historical rules is an impossibility, he asserts that the imagination is inevitably involved. His book envisages a relationship between historical knowledge and imagination that is dynamic and stimulating."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction -- Escaping tradition, embracing history -- Measure for measure or As you like it? -- What's the score? -- The well intentioned musician -- The compromised composer -- Loyal opposition : transcription and historical fidelity -- Legislating for inspiration -- In the meantime-- .