Kivy, Peter – Sounding Off

Description

This volume presents a selection of lively essays on philosophy of music by Peter Kivy, the leading expert on the subject. He explores the nature of musical genius; the subject of authenticity in performance and interpretation; musical representation and meaning; and the notion of music as the pure, formal structure of expressive sound.

CONTENTS

PREFACE
PART I: GENIUS
1 MOZART’S SKULL
2 THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED PARTITUR
PART II: AUTHENTICITIES
3 A TALE OF TWO AUTHENTICITIES
4 ANCIENT AUTHENTICITIES
5 OPERATIC AUTHENTICITY
PART III: MEANING AND REPRESENTATION
6 MESSIAH’S MESSAGE
7 IS NOTHING SACRED?
8 SOUND IN SOUND
9 MUSIC, SCIENCE, AND SEMANTICS
PART IV: MUSIC ALONE
10 AUTHORIAL INTENTION AND THE PURE MUSICAL PARAMETERS
11 LEONARD MEYER’S SONATA
APPENDICES: SOME CRITICAL RESPONSES
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
BIBLIOGRAPHY