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  • 9 - Singers Speak about Musicology and Performance

  • Edited by Benjamin Binder, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Jennifer Ronyak, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz
  • Book:
    The Lied at the Crossroads of Performance and Musicology
    Published online:
    09 February 2024
    Print publication:
    15 February 2024, pp 188-199

  • Summary

    This chapter turns to a series of interviews with five distinguished Lied interpreters, at various stages in their careers and coming from both German and Anglo-American contexts, to look at how professional performers think about the role of musicological inquiry or information in relationship to their art form. Based on interviews with Christian Gerhaher, Thomas Quasthoff, Martha Guth, Randall Scarlata, and Clara Osowski, the chapter examines issues including: the role of understanding historical context in preparing or relating to song performance; “dramatic” vs. more “lyric” approaches to singing and thinking about Lieder; the use of historical research in assembling concert programs; and the role of historical knowledge in decisions concerning transposition and other performance concerns.