Performing Music History Musicians Speak First-Hand about Music Hist
Performing Music History offers a unique perspective on music history and performance through a series of conversations with women and men intimately associated with music performance, history, and practice: the musicians themselves. Fifty-five celebrated
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performing music history edited by john c. tibbetts michael saffle william a. everett
Performing Music History
John C. Tibbetts · Michael Saffle William A. Everett
Performing Music History Musicians Speak First-Hand about Music History and Performance
Forewords by Emanuel Ax and Lawrence Kramer
John C. Tibbetts Department of Film and Media Studies University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, USA
William A. Everett Conservatory of Music and Dance University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO, USA
Michael Saffle Department of Religion and Culture Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-92470-0 ISBN 978-3-319-92471-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92471-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018951048 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Painting by John C. Tibbetts, after the series of images by J. J. Grandville, et al, collectively entitled “Concert a mittraile,” (“Concert of Gunfire”), 1845–46 Cover design by Ran Shauli This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Epigraph
I drink to those artists whom nothing can debase or dishearten, the true, the valiant, and the strong. Let us band together and be patient, energetic, and proud. Let us prove to the peoples distracted by so many grave concerns that if we are the last born of civilization’s children and have only for a moment enjoyed its deepest affection, we were worthy of it. Possibly they will then understand how much art would suffer if we were to perish. Hector Berlioz, Evenings with the Orchestra
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Foreword I
Speaking of Musicians We musicians love to talk about our work. Not content with mere music performance, we often enjoy opportunit
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