Theory into practice

Composition, Performance and the Listening Experience
01. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-90-6186-994-8
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Reihe: Geschriften van het Orpheus Instituut/Collected Writings of the Orpheus Institute

'Theory into Practice. Composition, Performance and the Listening Experience' is the second publication in the series 'Collected Writings of the Orpheus Institute'. The series comprises articles concerning the activities of the Orpheus Institute.

The centrale theme of this book is the relationship between the reflections about and the relization of a musical composition. In his paper Words about Music, or Analysis versus Performance, Nicholas Cook states that words and music can never be aligned exactly with one another. He embarks on a quest for models of the relationship between analytical conception and performance that are more challenging than those in general currency.

Peter Johnson's article Performance and the Listening Experience: Bach's 'Erbarme dich' shows that a performance is an element within the intentionality of the work itself. He looks for scientific methods capable of proving the artisticity of a performance.

The composer Hans Zender, in his A Road Map for Orpheus?, states that a composer must be capable of questioning obvious basic principles (such as equal temperament) and finding creative solutions.

A dutch edition is also available.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Nicholas

Johnson, Peter

Zender, Hans

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Texts
- Nicholas Cook
Words about Music, or Analysis Versus Performance
- Peter Johnson
Performance and the Listening Experience: Bach's "Erbarme Dich"
- Hans Zender
A Roadmap for Orpheus? About non-Linear Codes of Music for the Descent into its Underworld
Personaliae
Colofon