Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2007-09-04 21:49
Probably Debussy (and Mozart) did not compose for people living in today's world. It is rare music indeed whose interpretations can remain static and still be effective, except for a learned and historical-minded minority of listeners.
An interpreter should make whatever choices necessary to render the music they play effective to listeners, including possibly the additon to or removal of things represented in the score. (Or even the choice not to play pieces that no longer have relevance to enough listeners.) Of course, this is nothing new, and as far as I can determine this kind of philosphy has been applied by many performers at least from the Classical era forward, including composers playing or conducting their own works.
This is in no way to impugn straight or traditional or middle-of-the-road performances, which in many cases can be magnificently effective. But even then, the perceptions of what's straight or traditional will change. I wouldn't worry too hard, then, about the composer's intentions or lack of them. This does not mean "anything goes." Seek hard to understand the score as written, and given that also explore deeply possibilities indicated there.
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