Music performance

a philosophical approach

Authors

  • Sandra Neves Abdo University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Keywords:

Musical work, Performance, Fidelity, License

Abstract

This paper discusses the hermeneutic status of musical performance, starting from two opposite and well known conceptions: 1) one which sustains strict fidelity to the composer; 2) another confers total license to the performers. In opposition to both, the author asserts that the guide to a genuine interpretation is the musical work itself, not the composer’s or the performer’s intentions. To support her assumptions, she brings up Luigi Pareyson’s interpretation theory comparing his thesis with the above-mentioned conceptions and examines its application to the subject.

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Author Biography

Sandra Neves Abdo, University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Sandra Neves Abdo is a Professor at the Philosophy Department of FAFICH-UFMG, where she integrates the Postgraduate Research Group "Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art". She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Violin (FUMA) and a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy (UFMG), also holding, at the Post-Graduate level, the titles "Specialist in Contemporary Philosophy", "Specialist in Music Education", and "Master in Philosophy", all from UFMG. In music, he has performed as soloist, chamber musician, and member of the UFMG School of Music and Minas Gerais Symphony Orchestras, among others. From 1974 to 1988, she taught Chamber Music and Aesthetics at the Music School of FUMA (currently UEMG). At USP, she is currently doing her PhD in Portuguese Literature, with a thesis project on "Skepticism in the poetic pluridiscursivity of Fernando Pessoa. His articles and translations have been published nationally and internationally.

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Published

2000-06-15

How to Cite

Abdo, Sandra Neves. 2000. “Music Performance: A Philosophical Approach”. Per Musi, no. 01 (June):1-9. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/38347.

Issue

No. 01 (2000): General Topics

Section

Articles in Portuguese/Spanish

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