Musical Works and Performances: A Philosophical Exploration
Author(s): Stephen Davies (Author)
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication Date: September 30, 2004
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 0199274118
ISBN-13: 9780199274116
Book Description
What are musical works? Are they discovered or created? Can recordings substitute faithfully for live performances? This book considers these and other intriguing questions. It first outlines the nature of musical works, their relation to performances, and their notational specification; it then considers authenticity in performance, musical traditions, and recordings. Comprehensive and original, the volume discusses many kinds of music, applying its conclusions to issues as diverse as the authentic performance movement, the cultural integrity of ethnic music, and the implications of the dominance of recorded over live music.
Editorial Reviews
Review
`Review from previous edition This is a richly detailed work that demonstrates that the aesthetics of music must struggle with ontological issues, and aestheticians must discuss music beyond the usual paradigm cases. Anyone serious about the aesthetics of music must grapple with this book, and I wager that the next generation of scholars will regard it as an indispensable classic.’ The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism`Perceptive, rigorous, and accurate … For anyone interested in the ontology of art, this is an important book. For anyone interested in the ontology of musical works, this is now the basic book, the one with which you must begin. It presents a clear synthesis of many decades of research and provides a great number of new insights.’ British Journal of Aesthetics
Book Description
What are musical works? Davies tackles this and many other intriguing questions in this intriguing work
About the Author
Stephen Davies teaches philosophy at the University of Auckland.
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