Cultures of Forgery by Ryan Judith;Thomas Alfred;

Author:Ryan, Judith;Thomas, Alfred;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1195828
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

PART 2

Forging Selves

CHAPTER 6

The Art of Forging Music and Musicians

Of Lighthearted Musicologists, Ambitious Performers, Narrow-Minded Brothers, and Creative Aristocrats

REINHOLD BRINKMANN

Reflecting on the subtle art of forging in the fine art of music, I will not initiate a theoretical discussion or present an exemplary case study. Instead I will point a spotlight on a variety of individual cases and draw some hopefully illuminating conclusions. To avoid the impression that my narrative will be a potpourri only, that is, according to the Concise Harvard Dictionary of Music, a sequence of tunes from various repertories “which are played in succession connected by a few measures of introduction or modulation,” I will try to make what I propose to present more or less coherent. Thus I will follow the subtitle of a work by Richard Strauss: “Nach alter Schelmenweise in Rondeauform” (after the old rogue’s tale, in the form of a rondeau). That is, I will “perform” a piece with 3 ritornellos, 2 episodes, and a more substantial middle section. Here, then, is my little Rondo burlesco sopra aliqui soggetti depravati.

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