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.
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.
Julian Dodd is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester. He has published too books, An Identity Theory of Truth (Palgrave, 2000) and Works of Music: An Essay in Ontology (Oxford University Press, 2007). His recent work has been predominantly in the philosophy of music but he maintains an interest in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and Wittgenstein.
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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