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Musical works and performances : a philosophical exploration / Stephen Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Stephen, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Performance.
- Music.
- Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 374 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Philosophical exploration
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Stephen Davies addresses such questions as: What are musical works?; are they discovered or created?; of what elements are they comprised?; how are they specified?; what's a performance? ; and, is it possible to perform old music authentically?
- Contents:
- Part One. Works, Their Instances, and Notations; Introduction to Part One; 1. Musical Works; 2. Elements of Musical Works; 3. Notations; 4. Performances; Part Two. Performance, Culture, and Recording; Introduction to Part Two; 5. Authenticity in Western Classical Music; 6. Authenticity and Non-Western Music; 7. Recordings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-927411-8
- 1-282-00704-1
- 9786612007040
- 0-19-152915-X
- OCLC:
- 560555648
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