Performance Theory of Music

Vyacheslav V. Medushevsky

Issue № 3 (783) │ 2023

Essay

Performance Theory of Music

This article is written in Russian. You can read it here.

References

Medushevsky, V. V. “Dominant chord as revelation and miracle,” https://musnotes.com/v-v-medushevsky/dominant (accessed: 25.04.2023). (In Russ.)
Medushevsky, V. V. “The art of probability, or how to save civilization on Earth,” https://www.musnotes.com/v-v-medushevsky/Civilization/ (accessed: 25.04.2023). (In Russ.)
Medushevsky, V. V. “Shortcomings of the Sixties (on the example of one experiment).” Dialog iskusstv i art-paradigm. Stat'i. Ocherki. Materialy [Dialogue of Arts and Art Paradigms. Articles. Essays. Materials], vol. 37: materials of the IXth International Forum “Dialogue of Arts and Art Paradigms” “Scienceforum PAN-ART 9.” The Sixties of the 20th century (February 22, 2022). Editors-compilers A. I. Demchenko, N. A. Khrenov. Saratov: Sobinov Saratov State Conservatory 2022, pp. 35–66. https://musnotes.com/v-vmedushevsky/sixties (accessed: 25.04.2023). (In Russ.)

DOI 10.34690/334

Author Vyacheslav V. Medushevsky

Abstract

The author offers his own view on the theory of music and its closest connection with performing practice. Questions are raised about how to cultivate a sensitive ear of a performing musician, based on the subtleties of harmonic analysis, and original concepts of synergy and probability are revealed. The author emphasizes the unique role of caesura as an essential element of music, its difference from the emphatic accent, which is deeply connected with harmony. The article proposes criteria for ontologism in a piece of music and its interpretation by the performer.

For citation

Medushevsky, V. V. “Performance Theory of Music.” Muzykal’naya akademiya [Music Academy], no. 3, 2023, pp. 216–235, doi:10.34690/334. (In Russ.)

Published 17.10.2022

Approved 10.11.2022

Submitted 21.09.2023

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