In Reply to: what is the issue with HIP posted by banpuku on January 10, 2017 at 07:35:28:
IMO, there is nothing wrong with the basic principle of considering the performance practices that were commonly observed in the era a piece of music was composed. Imagine someone centuries in the future trying to play a piece by Tommy Dorsey or Miles Davis without the instruments they used or any clue as to performance practices, or any recordings (just as we have no recordings of Couperin, Bach or Mozart played by the musicians of their own time). They would have to read contemporaneous books or magazine articles and do a lot of research and sleuthing in general to figure it out. in other words, become historically informed.
Where the HIP movement sometimes veers off track, imo and the opinion of others who have written on this topic, is when performance "rules" become too codified and rigid and there becomes a right and wrong way to deal with every last detail.
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Follow Ups
- RE: what is the issue with HIP - rbolaw 09:19:34 01/10/17 (2)
- RE: what is the issue with HIP - banpuku 09:26:47 01/10/17 (1)
- I'll try to respond to your points 1 and 2. - rbolaw 11:39:18 01/10/17 (0)