The Musician as Interpreter by Paul Thom (9780271031996)

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Among the many practices in which musicians engage are several that may be viewed as modes of interpretation, a kind of interpretation that Paul Thom calls 'performative' to contrast it with another kind he calls 'critical'. The difference is that the latter discusses a musical work; the former presents or enacts it. This book aims at making the case for understanding these activities of transcribing, varying, and realizing music as all forms of interpretation.

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