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Apr 9, 2019 · Your interpretation of the music should be based on synthesizing lots of factors. One of the most crucial ones is hints from the composer, so pay close attention to any markings or words the composer uses. (Sometimes they are in a foreign language —it is your job to find out what they mean.) Your interpretation might also be informed by ...
- Is Music A Language?
- Objective and Subjective Components to Interpretation
- Musical Grammar
- Style
To interpret music, we need two fundamental things. First and foremost, we need to speak the musical language. To tell a story, we need to speak the language, and music is a kind of language. It might not literally be a "language"—it might not satisfy the criteria for "language" by professors of linguistics—but it does have grammar, inflection, art...
Many people assume that the arts are entirely subjective, but that would be an oversimplification. An art such as music has both objective and subjective aspects, and the division between them is by no means always black and white. Rules of composition and playing are towards the objective end of the spectrum. Some rules are explicitly written, whi...
There are also aspects of playing music that form a sort of grammar. These are typically not notated—the composer expects us to "speak" the language and read between the lines. Maybe you've heard someone ac-CENT the wrong syl-LA-ble—or maybe you've done so yourself when learning a foreign language. In music, some notes are naturally emphasized whil...
The second fundamental thing we need to interpret music is an understanding of style. When was the music written? What were the performance practices of the day? How fast is "allegro"? What instrument(s) was it written for? What did they sound like at the time, and what might that imply for our performance on a modern instrument? For example, Bach ...
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Introduction: Topics in Musical Interpretation. A telling feature of modern musical education is the well-established schism between theory and practice. This dichotomy is most directly observed in the two currently prevailing institutions for musical study: the academic music department and the vocational music conservatory.
- Sezi Seskir, David Hyun-Su Kim
- 2020
A conductor interpreting Rossini's William Tell or Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique without staying faithful to the emotional and narrative arch, undermines the composer's artistic creation. Adhering to the composer's intent doesn't have to prevent the artistry of the performer. Yet, adhering closely to the written score may limit a performance ...
The following is a snapshot of the 7 Essentials of Artistic Interpretation presented on pages 23-34 of The Musician’s Way. These essentials are meant as benchmarks for you to use to develop your interpretive abilities and create your own heartfelt interpretations.
Nov 2, 2010 · Interpreting Music is a comprehensive essay on understanding musical meaning and performing music meaningfully—"interpreting music" in both senses of the term. Synthesizing and advancing two decades of highly influential work, Lawrence Kramer fundamentally rethinks the concepts of work, score, performance, performativity, interpretation, and meaning—even the very concept of music—while ...
Jul 24, 2020 · Laurence Dreyfus. The idea of a musical performance as an “interpretation” cannot be dated before the 1840s, yet we use the term unthinkingly as a synonym for a privileged performance of any music from the past. Tracing a history and pre-history of the metaphor and its usage sheds light on the eclipse of more richly textured models of music ...
