Text and Act - Essays on Music and Performance (Paperback, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1995
First published:	September 1995
Authors:	Richard Taruskin (Professor of Music)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	382
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-509458-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Early music (up to c 1000 CE) Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Techniques of music > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Music > Techniques of music > General Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Early music (up to c 1000 CE)
LSN:	0-19-509458-1
Barcode:	9780195094589

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