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Authenticities

Authenticities

Kivy, Peter

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral MusicMusic Reference

ISBN10: 0801484804
ISBN13: 9780801484803
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: Jan 27 1998
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.15 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

In his latest book on the aesthetics of music, Peter Kivy presents an argument not for authenticity but for authenticities of performance, including authenticities of intention, sound, practice, and the authenticity of personal interpretation in performance.... As usual, Kivy's work is beautifully written, well argued, and provocative.--NotesKivy has provided a sorely needed framework for all future discussion of the authenticity matter. This is his best book, a major contribution to performance studies and to musical aesthetics; likely it will be studied and cited for generations.--ChoiceWritten in lively prose, with a keen sense of reality, [this volume] ought to be of interest not only to philosophers and musicologists, but to all serious lovers of music.--Roger Scruton, Times Literary SupplementThe consistent theme running through Kivy's book is the need for interpretation as the personal authenticity and authority of the performer against the ideology both of the composer as genius and of the puritanical devotion to the authority of the text of the early music devotees.... This is a most valuable book, one which constantly surprises and delights through its philosophical insights and informed musical understanding.--British Journal of Aesthetics

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