Musical Works and Performances: A Philosophical Exploration / Edition 1

by Stephen Davies

Overview

What are musical works? Are they discovered or created? Can recordings substitute faithfully for live performances? This book considers these and other intriguing questions. It first outlines the nature of musical works, their relation to performances, and their notational specification; it then considers authenticity in performance, musical traditions, and recordings. Comprehensive and original, the volume discusses many kinds of music, applying its conclusions to issues as diverse as the authentic performance movement, the cultural integrity of ethnic music, and the implications of the dominance of recorded over live music.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199274116
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/30/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Stephen Davies teaches philosophy at the University of Auckland.

Table of Contents

Part OneIntroduction to Part 11. Musical Works2. Elements of Musical Works33. Notations4. PerformancesPart TwoIntroduction to Part Two5. Authenticity in Western Classical Music6. Authenticity and non-Western Music7. RecordingsBibliographyDiscography

Editorial Reviews

"If, as an exercise, we were to make a list of leading contributors to the field, we might quarrel about some inclusions and exclusions. But . . . I bet that Stephen Davies would appear near the top of our finished list. . . . An ambitious book, it confirms to the highest standards of scholarship and argument. . . . An indispensable classic."— The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

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