I have put the book containing Palisca's "ut oratoria..." article on reserve, and another book of essays dedicated to Palisca, on reserve. There's a very short but instructive article by Lockwood in the latter book.
Palisca, with not a bit of nonsense or jargon, pegs the reason we feel compelled to base our analyses and critiques on historical evidence:
"The music critic, having experienced in falsified performances of early music the pitfalls of interpreting it by a methodology and aesthetic standards of more recent times, will feel more confortable with the term mannerism if it can be shown that mannerism was for a composer of the sixteenth century a conscious approach to his art."
Considering our aesthetics discussions in class, I thought that bore repeating: "A critic...will feel more comfortable." Yes. Normally, I am fond of over-complication, but need this particular argument be more complicated than that? (That question is bait, eh.)
I posted these on Facebook this morning whilst studying for the quiz of doom we encountered this afternoon, and Mark thought I should post them here. Too bad only Pallilogia was on the quiz, or these might have been helpful!
Burmeister's terms as social descriptors: *Parembole*: On my own, I don't do anything interesting, but at least it complements those around me; *Palillogia*: I do the same damn thing over and over; *Parrhesia*: when everyone else is blissing out having a good time, I do something to screw it up; *fuga (un)imaginaria*: I steal other people's ideas and think I can do them better; *Aposiopesis*: the master of the awkward silence; *hypotyposis*: I say it like it is; *Pathopoeia*: I'm feelin it, and now you are too
I have put the book containing Palisca's "ut oratoria..." article on reserve, and another book of essays dedicated to Palisca, on reserve. There's a very short but instructive article by Lockwood in the latter book.
ReplyDeletePalisca, with not a bit of nonsense or jargon, pegs the reason we feel compelled to base our analyses and critiques on historical evidence:
ReplyDelete"The music critic, having experienced in falsified performances of early music the pitfalls of interpreting it by a methodology and aesthetic standards of more recent times, will feel more confortable with the term mannerism if it can be shown that mannerism was for a composer of the sixteenth century a conscious approach to his art."
Considering our aesthetics discussions in class, I thought that bore repeating: "A critic...will feel more comfortable." Yes. Normally, I am fond of over-complication, but need this particular argument be more complicated than that? (That question is bait, eh.)
~alison (the retrograde of nosila)
I posted these on Facebook this morning whilst studying for the quiz of doom we encountered this afternoon, and Mark thought I should post them here. Too bad only Pallilogia was on the quiz, or these might have been helpful!
ReplyDeleteBurmeister's terms as social descriptors: *Parembole*: On my own, I don't do anything interesting, but at least it complements those around me; *Palillogia*: I do the same damn thing over and over; *Parrhesia*: when everyone else is blissing out having a good time, I do something to screw it up; *fuga (un)imaginaria*: I steal other people's ideas and think I can do them better; *Aposiopesis*: the master of the awkward silence; *hypotyposis*: I say it like it is; *Pathopoeia*: I'm feelin it, and now you are too