Music and Performance

Question 1

Every “Every notation is, in itself, the transcription of an abstract idea. The instant the pen seizes it, the idea loses its original form. The very intention to write down the idea, compels a choice of measure and key. The form, and the musical agency, which the composer must decide upon, still more closely define thejdfd way and the limits.” notation is, in itself, the transcription of an abstract idea. The instant the pen seizes it, the idea loses its original form. The very intention to write down the idea, compels a choice of measure and key. The form, and the musical agency, which the composer must decide upon, still more closely define the way and the limits.” Again, the performance of a work is also a transcription, and still, whatever liberties it may take, it can never annihilate the original.

Answer 1

New Esthetic of Music - Ferrucio Busoni (18 A collection of works that are considered to be somehow central to a cultural establishment.66-1924)

Question 2

Virtuoso

Answer 2

A performer with extraordinary musical and mechanical ability on a particular instrument.

Question 3

Transcription

Answer 3

A piece of music, originally composed for an instrument or collection of instruments, which has been adapted for another instrument or collection of instruments.

Question 4

Reification

Answer 4

The act of making something intangible into something tangible. Making something concrete.

Question 5

Indeterminacy

Answer 5

With respect to musical performance, aspects of a performance which are not determined prior to the act of performing. Elements in which the performer has choice during the act of performing.

Question 6

Historically performed performance practice

Answer 6

Performances that aim to achieve the impact of a piece of music from the past by employing instruments and techniques known or thought to have been used in performances of the piece of music around the time it was originally composed.