Performer-public communication in academic music performance
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https://doi.org/10.24215/2422572Xe020Keywords:
music, communication, performance, performer, narrationAbstract
Empirical research on academic musical performance in the performer-public interaction is presented through the analogy of musical narration. The methodology used was of a qualitative nature. Interviews were conducted with a group of musicians interpreters, with the aim of obtaining descriptions of the performer-public communication. The results allow to question: (i) the unique directionality in the communicative framework from the composition of the work to the concert situation; (ii) the role of the performer as a mediator of the message enunciated by the composer towards the listener. Instead, the performance understood as a narrative of the musical work involves the creation of a version of the score that in the interpretation of the performer is dependent on contextual situations and their perception of the audience.
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