Art and Science, Beauty and Truth, Performance and Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4390791 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Binder (Duquesne University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music Theory Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-3040 • E-ISSN: 1067-3040 |
| Publisher | Society for Music Theory (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.30535/mto.22.2.5 |
| OpenAlex | W2506126307 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this essay, I invoke the age-old conflict between the "two cultures" of art and science (C. P. Snow) as a point of comparison for understanding some of the communication problems that have plagued the somewhat analogous relationship between performance and analysis. The article includes a reconsideration of Leonard Bernstein's 1954 television lecture on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, cited by Arkani-Hamed as an artistic example of scientific "inevitability
Beauty · Common ground · Jargon · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |