Authenticities: Philosophical Reflections on Musical Performance

Peter Kivy

Published by Cornell University Press 1995

Authenticities

Philosophical Reflections on Musical Performance

Peter Kivy

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501731631

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About this book

Peter Kivy mounts a philosophical inquiry into the desirability of using or re-creating historical practices in musical performance.

Author / Editor information

Peter Kivy is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. His previous books include Music Alone: Philosophical Reflections on the Purely Musical Experience, also from Cornell.

Reviews

Sir Neville Marriner:

A fascinating re-appraisal of Authenticities.

Roger Scruton:

Written 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.

Kivy's book is written in its author's characteristic engaging manner and is full of valuable insights into the hermeneutics and aesthetics of performing music of the past.

Kivy 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.

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.

The 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.

James O. Young, University of Victoria:

Authenticities is an important book, and anyone interested in philosophy of music should read it. Anyone can profit from it as a model of careful and informed conceptual analysis.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
One: How to Be Authentic
1. The Concept of Authenticity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Authenticity as Intention Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3. Authenticity as Sound Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. Authenticity as Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
5. The Other Authenticity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Two: Why to Be Authentic
6. The Authority of Intention Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
7. The Authority of Sound Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
8. The Authority of Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
9. The Other Authority Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Other: 19 musical examples
Keywords: Musical Arts & Ethnomusicology; Art History

eBook

Published: September 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501731631