Ferruccio Busoni and the ontology of the musical work : permutations and possibilities
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Ferruccio Busoni's conception of the musical work derives from his multiple roles as performer, aesthetician, editor, composer, arranger, and intellectual. Drawing on unpublished scores, manuscripts, sketches and documents from the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, concert programs from a private collection in Berkeley, acoustic recordings, information about Busoni's intellectual interests gleaned from an auction catalogue featuring the contents of his extensive library, and the published aesthetic writings, letters, and compositions, the present study offers the first comprehensive account of Busoni's work concept. By establishing connections between his ideas and his musical practice, it explores and clarifies the reasoning behind his idiosyncratic compositional style, a style characterized by a blurring of boundaries between original and borrowed material. Polystylistic mixtures of the old and new and a distinctive performance style, in which Busoni creatively altered and embellished existing texts, exemplify his practice in an age in thrall to Werktreue, when originality of idea was prized above all else.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Knyt, Erinn Elizabeth |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Music |
| Primary advisor | Hinton, Stephen |
| Thesis advisor | Hinton, Stephen |
| Thesis advisor | Berger, Karol, 1947- |
| Thesis advisor | Grey, Thomas S |
| Thesis advisor | Hadlock, Heather |
| Advisor | Berger, Karol, 1947- |
| Advisor | Grey, Thomas S |
| Advisor | Hadlock, Heather |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Erinn Elizabeth Knyt. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Music. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 2010. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2010 by Erinn Elizabeth Knyt
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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