NEW TRENDS IN MODERN MUSICOLOGY. A DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSOR NICHOLAS COOK
NEW TRENDS IN MODERN MUSICOLOGY. A DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSOR NICHOLAS COOK

Summary/Abstract: Is musicology nowadays a genuine Terra Nova or just a collection of scientific relics? Might it be considered adequately equipped to extend its interdisciplinary boundaries and embrace the reality of new music, or does it still cling to the past? Should researchers follow the Schenkerian route or conquer new territories? Are we still mistaking the score with the music itself? Do we still ignore performance as an object of study? Can we shake the habit of focusing mainly on Western musical traditions? Could all these things coexist and if so, are we able to adapt our musicological tools to their requirements? To all these and various other questions Professor Nicholas Cook from the University of Cambridge will provide some clues and invite us to reflect further, tracing and examining the new trends in modern musicology.

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