The Musician As Interpreter (Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium)
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: October 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9780271031989
Subjects: Techniques of music; Theory of music & musicology; Biography & Autobiography; Music/Songbooks; Biography/Autobiography; History & Criticism - General; Instruction & Study - Theory; Composers & Musicians - General; Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.); Music; Performance; Philosophy and aesthetics
Description: "This book aims to make the case that the activities of transcribing, varying, and realizing music are all forms of interpretation - and, indeed, that performative interpretation overall can be seen as a paradigm of what interpretation is. Thom devotes a chapter to each of these three activities 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."--Jacket.