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anti-Semitism
anti-Semitismofofsome
some
Christian
Christian
texts
texts
(pp.(pp.
ever,
ever, Singing
SingingEarly
EarlyMusic
Musictakes
takes
the
the
willing
willing
97-100,
97-100, 111-13).
111-13).The
The
longest
longest
chapter
chapter
andand
performer
performer aa long
longway
waytoward
towardthe
the
mastery
mastery
centerpiece
centerpieceisisa ameditation
meditation
on on
psalm
psalm
andand
of aa crucial
crucial aspect
aspectof
ofstyle
styleininearly
early
music.
music.
hymn
hymn texts
textschosen
chosen
byby
the
the
author
author
evidently
evidently
It is
is aa signal
signal contribution
contributiontotothe
the
underunder-
because
because they
theyare
aretraditional
traditional
or or
especially
especially
standing
standing of
of early
earlymusic
musicthrough
through
perforperforbeloved
beloved in
inthe
theUnited
United
Kingdom.
Kingdom.
Sometimes, as travelers know, familiar
Copeman's
Copeman'sfundamental
fundamental
question,
question,
as he
as he
mance.
territory appears unexpectedly alien. I frames it near the end of the book, is:
admit to struggling with Copeman's fre- "How far ... does singing religious music,
quently abstruse references and grudgingly of any period,"-ranging here from meidentified abbreviations in Singing the dieval carols through the Bach Passions to
Meaning. Indeed, I had to be informed by Arvo Part-"require in us adherence to the
a British colleague that "SPCK"-nowhere relevant faith?" (p. 134). He answers imunabbreviated in the book-is in fact "a
mediately, "For concert performances I
venerable British institution," the Society
suggest two tests: the singer must respond
thoroughly to the music .. , and he should
for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Then,
not be out of sympathy with the religious
on page 135, Copeman appends the comment that a "friend reading this bookintent
tells of the work.... [I]n a liturgical or
me that it is terribly English, and would
devotional
not
context we need strong actual
fit the U.S. market." Why was I notsympathy
surwith the words and doctrine,
even if not actual adherence to the relevant
prised to read this?
Despite obstacles for us far across thecreed,
sea,
before we agree to sing[.]" Insofar
there is much that is rewarding in this brief,
as Copeman's requirements may touch
DOUGLAS LEEDY
Oceanside, Oregon
Symbolizing
Symbolizing the
the emergence
emergence of
ofaanew
newsubsuberal
eral contributors
contributorsare
areaccomplished
accomplished
perperdiscipline
discipline of
of performance
performance studies-the
studies-thepripriformers
formers and
andseveral
severalassert
assert
the
the
indepenindepenmary concern
concern of
of which
which is
is the
thetheory
theoryand
and
dence
dence of
of performance
performancefrom
from
theory
theory
andand
analysis
analysis of
of performance-this
performance-this volume
volumeexexanalysis,
analysis, the
theoverall
overalltone
tone
is is
academic
academic
andand
theoretical.
hibits both
both strengths
strengths and
and weaknesses,
weaknesses,but
but
scholarly collections.
performance to structure raises questions
about what one writer characterizes as an
The volume's twelve essays are distributed under three headings: "Fundamenongoing "trend" away from formal analysis as an end in itself. In fact, William
tals," "Structure and Meaning in Perfor-
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1138
ented contributors.
Such narrowness of focus is not neces-
judged especially relevant to improving violin performance" (p. 94). The authors do
sarily a failing. Indeed, the most success-
music.
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of "criticism," but that is immaterial. CritEpstein asserts that "the intuitive feeling
of the music" preceded "analytical logic"
in here is accomplished by the pericism
dictating his interpretation of this passage,
former through the judicious choice of
which includes a revision of the score'stempos.
dyThis, in Cone's view, can render
element.
irony is regularly attributed to surface fea-
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structure.
structure.But
But
Lester's
Lester's
article
article
presents
presents
what what
might
mightbe
bea auseful
useful
program
program
for future
for future
stud- stud-
ies,
ies, proposing
proposing
that
that
"the
"the
focus
focus
of analysis
of analysis
could
couldshift
shiftfrom
from
finding
finding
'the''the'
structure
structure
of
of
aa piece
piecetotodefining
defining
multiple
multiple
strategies
strategies
for for
interpreting
interpreting
pieces"
pieces"
(p. 214).
(p. 214).
DAVID SCHULENBERG
and the
the plan
plan of
of the
the work
work in
insuccessive
successive
divergent specializations in Bart6k restages
stages of
of development,
development, chapter
chapter55dealing
dealing
the fragments
fragments and
and unrealized
unrealizedcomcomlection of available biographical data or with the
with extramusical speculation, the other positional
positional plans,
plans, and
and chapter
chapter66serving
servinga a
1945) shows
shows how
how Bart6k
Bart6k drafted
draftedcertain
certain
chapter 3, the author demonstrates theoretical knowledge of the multiplicity and
genres
genres in
in final
final layout,
layout, others
othersin
inshort-score
short-score
variety of sources, which encompass the enor in full-score
full-score form.
form. His
Hisdescriptions
descriptionsalso
also
tire creative process from sketch through
permit
permit aa better
better understanding
understandingof
ofthe
thehishisdraft(s) and corrected proof sheets to retorical
torical circumstances
circumstances surrounding
surroundinga awork,
work,
vised edition and recordings. This frameas in his
his discussion
discussion of
of the
theSonata
Sonatafor
forTwo
Two
work is intended as a fundamental guide
Pianos
Pianos and
and Percussion
Percussion and
andMusic
Musicfor
forStrings,
Strings,
for analysts of Bart6k's styles and interPercussion,
Percussion, and
and Celesta,
Celesta, where
wherehe
heprovides
provides
historical and aesthetic reasons for the impreters of his music, the "theoretical model
of the source types" (summarized on p. 29)
mediate drafting of both works in full
serving as the basis for the overall orgascore, a procedure atypical of Bart6k. The
author also makes astute observations in
nization of the chapters. This macroscopic
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