Reading Musical Interpretation - Julian Hellaby

Reading Musical Interpretation

Case Studies in Solo Piano Performance

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
214 Seiten
2009
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-6667-7 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Performance studies in the Western art music tradition have often been dominated by the relationship of theoretical score-analysis to performance, although some recent trends have aimed at dislodging the primacy of the score in favour of assessing performance on its own terms. In this book, Julian Hellaby further develops these trends by placing pe
Performance studies in the Western art music tradition have often been dominated by the relationship of theoretical score-analysis to performance, although some recent trends have aimed at dislodging the primacy of the score in favour of assessing performance on its own terms. In this book Julian Hellaby further develops these trends by placing performance firmly at the heart of his investigations and presents a structured approach to analysing the interpretation of a musical work from the perspective of a musically informed listener. To enable analysis of individual interpretations, the author develops a conceptual framework in which a series of performance-related categories is arranged hierarchically into an 'interpretative tower'. Using this framework to analyse the acoustic evidence of a recording, interpretative elements are identified and used to assess the relationship between a performance and a work. The viability of the interpretative tower is tested in three major case studies. Contrasting recorded performances of solo keyboard works by Bach, Messiaen and Brahms are the focus of these studies, and analysis of the performances, using the tower model, uncovers an interpretative rationale. The book is wide-ranging in scope and holistic in approach, offering a means of enhancing a listener's appreciation of an interpretation. It is richly illustrated with examples taken from commercial recordings and from the author's own recordings of the three focal works. Downloadable resources of the latter are included.

Julian Hellaby is Associate Senior Lecturer in music at Coventry University. He has performed in the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room and has also appeared as concerto soloist, chamber musician, duettist (with Peter Noke) and accompanist in the UK and overseas. He has recorded six CDs of solo piano and chamber music.

Contents: Preface; Part I Constructing a Framework for Listening: Writing, performing and listening; Constructing a framework. Part II Case Studies: Applying the Framework: Bach: Toccata in D major BWV 912; Messiaen: Première communion de la Vierge; Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel Op.24. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Discography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.9.2009
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 566 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Instrumentenkunde
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
ISBN-10 0-7546-6667-0 / 0754666670
ISBN-13 978-0-7546-6667-7 / 9780754666677
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