![]() ![]() Indeed, as Joel Lester has argued, performers can help us reconsider the diverse musical elements that govern our analytic approaches in the first place. The strong creative presence in certain compelling interpretations suggests that performers have something to say about the music they play, and that they often shed light on moments that our more conventional analytic pursuits fail to consider. Yet these are the very questions we regularly put to works of similarly inspired composers. Less often do we think critically about what it is their performances communicate to us or how and why they are influential. We acknowledge that there are inspired performers who “speak” to us musically, and performances that are worthy of our celebration and respect. Copyright © 2007 Society for Music Theory
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