
Text and Act
Essays on Music and Performance
Taruskin(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 22. February 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-19-509458-9 (ISBN)
Description
Text and Act, a collection of essays and reviews published over the last dozen years, offers a brilliant evaluation of the early music movement, transforming the debate about `early music' and `authenticity'. Taking a wide-ranging cultural view of the phenomenon, Taruskin shows that the movement, far from reviving ancient traditions, in fact represents the only truly modern style of performance on offer today, and is therefore far more valuable and authentic than the historical verisimilitude it ostensibly aims at could ever be.
Reviews / Votes
Superlative value...presents virtually all Taruskin's major writing on performance criticism. * Early Music * He is the most devastatingly acute of the growing band of critics and philosophers who question the whole idea of authentic performance practice. * Music Magazine * A splendid and heartening book. * Music Magazine * ...the most devastingly acute of the growing band of critics and philosophers who question the whole idea of authentic performance practice. Taruskin has been engaged in a war of words, every blow and counter-blow of which is recorded in this entertaining and wonderfully stimulating book. I found this a splendid and heartening book. * BBC Books * Another one from Taruskin, 'the most devastatingly acute of the growing band of critics and philosophers who question the whole idea of authentic practice. A splendid and heartening book' * BBC Music Magazine *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous music examples
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-509458-9 (9780195094589)
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