Playing with History by John Butt
Why do we feel the need to perform music in a historically informed style? Is this need related to wider cultural concerns? In this 2002 study, John Butt sums up debates on the nature of the early music movement and historically informed performance, calling upon a seemingly inexhaustible fund of ideas gleaned from historical musicology, analytic philosophy, literary theory, historiography and theories of modernism and postmodernism. He develops the critical views of both supporters and detractors of the movement, while claiming ultimately that it has more intellectual and artistic potential than its detractors may have assumed. He also asks whether the phenomenon of historically informed performance reflects changes in the culture of western music and how it, in turn, may have influenced that culture, particularly in regard to such issues as the status of the composer, the work, intentionality and notation.
'Playing with History carries with it the strength of a seminal work' Classical Music
'Few are better qualified than Butt to tackle this subject. His book is stimulating, thought provoking, rounded and readable … music students of all denominations should be encouraged to red this thorough yet economical discussion of these important contemporary issues.' The Strad
'Few are better qualified than Butt to tackle this subject. His book is stimulating, thought provoking, rounded and readable … music students of all denominations should be encouraged to red this thorough yet economical discussion of these important contemporary issues.' The Strad
John Butt is the Gardiner Professor of Music at the University of Glasgow, having previously been a lecturer in music at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College. He is the author of Bach Interpretation (1990), Bach: Mass in B Minor (1991), Music Education and the Art of Performance in the German Baroque (1994) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Bach (1997), all published by Cambridge University Press. He is also a highly acclaimed harpsichordist and organist and has recorded 10 CDs for Harmonia Mundi, France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521013581 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521013585 |
| Title | Playing with History |
| Author | John Butt |
| Series | Musical Performance And Reception |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2002-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 284 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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