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Record Nr.

UNINA9910502687603321

Autore

Cook Nicholas <1950->

Titolo

Theory into practice : : Composition, Performance and the Listening Experience / / Nicholas Cook, Peter Johnson, Hans Zender

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leuven, : Leuven University Press, 2021

Leuven, Belgium : , : Leuven University Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

94-6166-432-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (119 p.) : : ill., music ;

Collana

Collected writings of the Orpheus Institute ; ; #2

Altri autori (Persone)

ZenderHans

JohnsonPeter <1945 April 30->

Disciplina

781

Soggetti

Composition (Music)

Music theory

Musical analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Words about music, or analysis versus performance / Nicolas Cook -- Performance and the listening experience : Bach's "Erbarme Dich" / Peter Johnson -- A roadmap for Orpheus? About non-linear codes of music for the descent into its Underworld / Hans Zender.

Sommario/riassunto

"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."