Beyond the Interpretation of Music
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21444895 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurence Dreyfus (Professor Emeritus/Oxford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 161-186 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Musicological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-1896 • E-ISSN: 1547-7304 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01411896.2020.1775087 |
| OpenAlex | W3043905294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The idea of a musical performance as an “interpretation” cannot be dated before the 1840s, yet we use the term unthinkingly as a synonym for a privileged performance of any music from the past. Tracing a history and pre-history of the metaphor and its usage sheds light on the eclipse of more richly textured models of music-making from previous eras as well as on an esthetic predicament within contemporary “historicist” performance. The limitations of the metaphor suggest moving “beyond interpretation” in favor of more experiential and intuitive notions of making music
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Historicism · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Musical · Diverse Music Education Insights · Diverse Musicological Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |