Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themes
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Resumo: | One major theme of this paper is a pragmatist approach to human practices, another is the way specific practices provide invaluable resources for framing such an approach, and yet another is the way musical practices are especially illuminating in this regard. The emphasis of such an approach to practices falls decisively on performance, rather than an antecedently established score, script, or interpretation. In other words, human practices are from the pragmatist perspective variable contexts in which improvisational or extemporaneous performances are the rule rather than the exception. They are moreover incalculable resources upon which improvisational actors can draw, including the resource of exemplary or paradigmatic performances. In one of the dominant traditions of Western music, however, the Werktreuer would seem to offer a stumbling block to such a pragmatist approach to musical practices. Part of the argument here is to follow the lead of such theorists as Richard Taruskin, Lydia Goehr, and Christopher Small. This means interpreting, say, the musical score as a codified distillation of an ideal performance, but in turn this means conceiving the score as a resource for a performance (not the performance as simply an imperfect approximation of a timeless form). The temporal and historical dimensions of what Small calls musicking need to be given their due. This drives us to appreciate how every aspect of any human practice is an irreducibly temporal and historical feature of what is, after all, always evolved and evolving affair. This includes even seemingly timeless or atemporal matters such as musical scores. |
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Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themesPráticas musicais, linguísticas e outras: variações menores sobre diversos temas maioresArtLanguageLiteratureModernityMusic and musickingPerformance and textPracticePragmatismArteLinguagemLiteraturaModernidadeMúsica e musickingPerformance e textoPráticaPragmatismoOne major theme of this paper is a pragmatist approach to human practices, another is the way specific practices provide invaluable resources for framing such an approach, and yet another is the way musical practices are especially illuminating in this regard. The emphasis of such an approach to practices falls decisively on performance, rather than an antecedently established score, script, or interpretation. In other words, human practices are from the pragmatist perspective variable contexts in which improvisational or extemporaneous performances are the rule rather than the exception. They are moreover incalculable resources upon which improvisational actors can draw, including the resource of exemplary or paradigmatic performances. In one of the dominant traditions of Western music, however, the Werktreuer would seem to offer a stumbling block to such a pragmatist approach to musical practices. Part of the argument here is to follow the lead of such theorists as Richard Taruskin, Lydia Goehr, and Christopher Small. This means interpreting, say, the musical score as a codified distillation of an ideal performance, but in turn this means conceiving the score as a resource for a performance (not the performance as simply an imperfect approximation of a timeless form). The temporal and historical dimensions of what Small calls musicking need to be given their due. This drives us to appreciate how every aspect of any human practice is an irreducibly temporal and historical feature of what is, after all, always evolved and evolving affair. This includes even seemingly timeless or atemporal matters such as musical scores.O principal tema deste artigo é uma abordagem pragmatista para as práticas humanas. Outro é o modo como práticas específicas fornecem recursos inestimáveis para estruturar tal abordagem e, ainda, outro é o modo como as práticas musicais são especialmente luminosas a esse respeito. A ênfase de tal abordagem às práticas incidem decisivamente na performance, em vez de uma partitura, roteiro ou interpretação. Em outras palavras, as práticas humanas são, a partir da perspectiva pragmatista, contextos variáveis nas quais as performances improvisadas ou extemporâneas são a regra em vez da exceção. Além disso, elas são recursos incalculáveis sobre as quais atores de improviso podem elaborar, inclusive o recurso de performances exemplares ou paradigmáticas. Entretanto, em uma das tradições dominantes da música ocidental, o Werktreuer pareceria oferecer um obstáculo para tal abordagem pragmatista às práticas musicais. Parte do argumento aqui é seguir a conduta de teóricos como Richard Taruskin, Lydia Goehr e Christopher Small. Isto significa, digo, interpretar a partitura musical como uma destilação codificada de uma performance ideal. Mas, em vez disso, isto significa conceber a partitura como um recurso para uma performance (não a performance como simplesmente uma aproximação imperfeita de uma forma intemporal). As dimensões temporal e histórica daquilo que Small chama de musicking precisam ser dadas devidamente. Isso nos leva a apreciar como cada aspecto de qualquer prática humana é uma característica temporal e histórica irredutível do que é, afinal, sempre um assunto evoluído e evolutivo. Isso inclui, aparentemente, questões intemporais ou atemporais tais como as partituras musicais.Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo2017-02-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/article/view/31231Cognitio: Revista de Filosofia; Vol. 17 No. 2 (2016); 193-220Cognitio: Revista de Filosofia; v. 17 n. 2 (2016); 193-2202316-52781518-7187reponame:Cognitio (São Paulo. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPenghttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/article/view/31231/22057Copyright (c) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessColapietro, Vincent2017-02-04T19:39:25Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/31231Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofiaPRIhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/oairevcognitio@gmail.com2316-52781518-7187opendoar:2017-02-04T19:39:25Cognitio (São Paulo. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false |
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Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themes Práticas musicais, linguísticas e outras: variações menores sobre diversos temas maiores |
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Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themes |
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Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themes Colapietro, Vincent Art Language Literature Modernity Music and musicking Performance and text Practice Pragmatism Arte Linguagem Literatura Modernidade Música e musicking Performance e texto Prática Pragmatismo |
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Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themes |
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Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themes |
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Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themes |
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Musical, linguistic, and other practices: minor variations on several major themes |
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Colapietro, Vincent |
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Colapietro, Vincent |
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Colapietro, Vincent |
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Art Language Literature Modernity Music and musicking Performance and text Practice Pragmatism Arte Linguagem Literatura Modernidade Música e musicking Performance e texto Prática Pragmatismo |
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Art Language Literature Modernity Music and musicking Performance and text Practice Pragmatism Arte Linguagem Literatura Modernidade Música e musicking Performance e texto Prática Pragmatismo |
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One major theme of this paper is a pragmatist approach to human practices, another is the way specific practices provide invaluable resources for framing such an approach, and yet another is the way musical practices are especially illuminating in this regard. The emphasis of such an approach to practices falls decisively on performance, rather than an antecedently established score, script, or interpretation. In other words, human practices are from the pragmatist perspective variable contexts in which improvisational or extemporaneous performances are the rule rather than the exception. They are moreover incalculable resources upon which improvisational actors can draw, including the resource of exemplary or paradigmatic performances. In one of the dominant traditions of Western music, however, the Werktreuer would seem to offer a stumbling block to such a pragmatist approach to musical practices. Part of the argument here is to follow the lead of such theorists as Richard Taruskin, Lydia Goehr, and Christopher Small. This means interpreting, say, the musical score as a codified distillation of an ideal performance, but in turn this means conceiving the score as a resource for a performance (not the performance as simply an imperfect approximation of a timeless form). The temporal and historical dimensions of what Small calls musicking need to be given their due. This drives us to appreciate how every aspect of any human practice is an irreducibly temporal and historical feature of what is, after all, always evolved and evolving affair. This includes even seemingly timeless or atemporal matters such as musical scores. |
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