Dodd, Julian - Being True to Works of Music

Julian Dodd offers an original approach to the controversial concept of authenticity in musical performance. He argues that the fundamental norm is not historical authenticity but interpretive authenticity: being faithful to the work by evincing a profound, far-reaching, or sophisticated understanding of it.

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CONTENTS

1 Introduction: Work, Performance, Authenticity
2 Score Compliance Authenticity
3 Historicizing Score Compliance Authenticity
4 Against Personal Authenticity
5 Meaning, Understanding, and Interpretive Authenticity
6 The Normative Profile of Interpretive Authenticity