Authenticity In Music

Résumé du livre

In this authoritative but highly approachable book, leading conductor, performer and scholar Raymond Leppard argues that the enduring values of earlier cultures are especially valuable in the modern world, and that old music is a matter of such passionate present-day concern because we have abandoned the once-popular ideals of historical progress. But he rejects the drily historical view of past masterpieces adopted by some contemporary musicians. Through detailed analysis of works by Monteverdi, Handel and Gluck, he shows how a well-informed but creative approach to the vexed question of 'authenticiy' is necessary for performers to be able to communicate the essential qualities of the music to audiences today.