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What's in a chromatic line?

Posted By ArielLanyi 1413 days ago on all

https://ariellanyi.com - In the Handel fugue I discuss in this blog, any ideas about interpretation must be derived from the structure, the architecture of the music. But in this case, that structure itself, with its chromaticism and tonal ambiguity, is rather disorienting, and it provides little guidance to the performer. Those who can read music, don't really need a performance at all. For those who can't, the performer serves more as a translator than an interpreter.

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