Download e-book for kindle: Virtue or Virtuosity?: Explorations in the Ethics of Musical by Jane O'Dea

By Jane O'Dea

Drawing upon the prior twenty years of burgeoning literature in philosophy of song, this examine bargains a finished, serious research of what's entailed in functionality interpretation. It argues that integrity and different virtues offset the damage that virtuosity and inflexible old authenticity can impose at the perceptive judgment required of fine musical interpretation. Proposed are hard and provocative reassessments of the suitable roles for virtuosity and ancient authenticity in musical functionality. Acknowledging the aggressive ethos of the modern tune scene, it information the type of personality a performer must strengthen in an effort to face up to these pressures and to accomplish interpretive excellence. Performers are inspired to ascertain and discover the moral measurement in their artwork opposed to their duties to the varied buyers they serve.

Professional and scholar performers and teachers will savour this useful dialogue of the moral demanding situations performers confront whilst studying musical works. the moral discourse applies to instrumental functionality experiences, the historical past and concept of tune, basic song pedagogy, and philosophy of tune courses.

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