Crisis of the opera? : a study of musical hermeneutics / by Ion Piso ; translated by Ligia Tomoiagă.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piso, Jon, author.

Contributor:

Tomoiagă, Ligia, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).

Opera.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study in artistic hermeneutics contains objections and critiques that have been generated by the contemporary cultural scenery of musical interpretation, especially related to the opera performances. Nevertheless, as the reader will surely notice, such critique can be very well applied to the entire spectrum of contemporary culture, as the phenomena described here are ubiquitous. Ion Piso's 'alarm signal'-study is essential reading, particularly as it comes from somebody who has over hal...

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; PART TWO; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; CHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; CHAPTER XI; CHAPTER XII; CHAPTER XIII; CHAPTER XIV; CHAPTER XV; CHAPTER XV; CHAPTER XVI; CHAPTER XVI; CHAPTER XVII; CHAPTER XVIII; CHAPTER XIX; WORKS CITED; AFTERWORD

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-5433-6

OCLC:

868489020