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Title: | Is classical music 'boring'?: A discussion of fidelity, virtuosity and performance in classical music recording | Contributor(s): | Klein, Eve (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17393 | Abstract: | The performers on whom we rely to flesh out notated scores into sound are trained not to interpret (understood as the imposition of the unwanted self on what is fantasized to be a direct transmission of the composer's subjective intentions to the listener), but rather to strive for a perfect, standard sound, for an unbroken, polished surface. Such performers became ideal in the nineteenth century as grist for the symphony orchestra in which the conductor usurped complete control over interpretation and needed only the assurance of dependable sound production from the laboring musician. In our century of Repetition, they have remained ideal for purposes of the recording industry, which demands perfection and the kind of consistency that facilitates splicing (McClary, 1985, p. 152). | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | IASPM-ANZ 2013: Conference of the Australia/New Zealand branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Brisbane, Australia, 24th - 26th November, 2013 | Source of Publication: | Communities, Places, Ecologies: Proceedings of the 2013 IASPM-ANZ Conference, p. 112-125 | Publisher: | International Association for the Study of Popular Music | Place of Publication: | Brisbane, Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 190205 Interactive Media 190409 Musicology and Ethnomusicology 190407 Music Performance |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 360504 Interactive media 360306 Musicology and ethnomusicology 360304 Music performance |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950101 Music 950105 The Performing Arts (incl. Theatre and Dance) 950204 The Media |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130102 Music 130104 The performing arts 130204 The media |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://iaspm.org.au/conference-proceedings/ |
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