Musical Form and Musical Performance

by Edward T. Cone

Musical Form and Musical Performance <> Paperback <> EdwardT.Cone <> W.W.Norton&Company

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

104 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1968

Reviews

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit of a slog. For professional musicians or the very dedicated concert-goer. Lots of musical terminology. Some interesting ideas, particularly around narrative and the level of perception of musical works. The postlude is the most intriguing v aspect of the book.

3.5 stars, but I rounded down due to verbosity in some passages.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is full of very interesting, challenging, deep and thought-provoking ideas about musical analysis for authentic, artistic and meaningful performance.

While it certainly made me reflect on the music I prepare and perform--and gave me a much more intricate sense of form, structure, purpose, etc.--I couldn't escape my disdain for the author's very lofty and aloof writing style.

Typical for the time and place of its genesis I suppose, but authors with even greater reputations and credentials at stake have in far more approachable ways.

All that said, I know I'm a better musician for even contemplating these ideas.

[Mehrdad Gholami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although his 1960s tone and weird word-choices, Cone represents an amazing step into taking the performance analysis into the next step. The book is very concise, short and also enlightening.