The work of music and the problem of its identity / Roman Ingarden ; translated from the original Polish by Adam Czerniawski ; edited by Jean G. Harrell.

Author/creator Ingarden, Roman
Other author Czerniawski, Adam, 1934- etranslator.
Other author Harrell, Jean G. (Jean Gabbert), 1921-2011, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©1986.
Descriptionxvi, 181 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
Musical form.

Contents The musical work and its performance -- The musical work and conscious experiences -- The musical work and its score -- Some features of a musical work -- The sounding and nonsounding elements and moments of a musical work -- How does a musical work exist? -- The question of the unity of a musical work -- The problem of the identity of a musical work in historical time.
Abstract This book explores the ontological status of musical works, arguing that the "problem of identity" is a pseudoproblem that distracts from the real issue. The author posits that a musical work is not a physical object, the score, or a single performance, but rather an "intentional, intersubjective object" that exists as a potentiality realized through interpretation by performers and listeners. He concludes that the work's identity is preserved across different performances and historical periods because every proper interpretation, within the score's parameters, is valid, making the search for a single, objective identity unnecessary.
Local noteLittle-256251
General noteTranslation of: Utwór muzyczny i sprawa jego tożsamości.
General note"Works by Roman Ingarden in English translation": pages [175]-176.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
Other title Utwór muzyczny i sprawa jego tożsamości.
LCCN 85024597
ISBN0520055292 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780520055292 (alk. paper)

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