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Music
Boretz, Benjamin | March 17, 1962 issue

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A good performance is precisely one that results from the performer's apprehension of such orderings, and his discovery of the means to articulate the resultant structure. This feat requires considerable musical intelligence and insight, as well as complete technical mastery of the performing medium. But it also requires extreme self-effacement. The performer's proper efforts are all directed at removing obstacles to the clarification of the musical object, of which his "personality" is one. At the same time, his personal responsibilities are great, since the musical notation in a score is only a more or less accurate symbolic representation of an actual composition.

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MUSIC -- Performance; MUSIC; PERFORMANCE artists; PERSONALITY; RESPONSIBILITY; PERFORMANCE practice (Music)
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