Cook, Nicholas, 1950-

Beyond the score : music as performance / Nicholas Cook. - xiv, 458 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-444) and index.

Introduction -- Plato's curse -- Page and stage -- What the theorist heard -- Beyond structure -- Close and distant listening -- Objective expression -- Playing somethin' -- Social scripts -- The signifying body -- Everything counts -- The ghost in the machine -- Beyond reproduction.

9780199357406 0199357404

2013027060

016557354 Uk


Music--Performance.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
Musical analysis.

ML 457 / .C75 2013