On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:57 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> "The problem with Hegels aesthetics is the assumption that the truth of a > work of art emerges completely via its conceptual articulation. The > assumption is that the > truth is already there when I interpret a literary text for example. All I > have to do is reveal the mediations that are present in the text. This > means that my role as > interpreter is just to read what is supposedly latent in the text, not to > reveal things about the text via my individual creative initiative." > > > http://etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-04152011-090903/unrestricted/Mi llerJM092011D.pdf > Doesn't that apply to the following which is about classical music conductors?: - ...Reiner and Monteux, who operate as the preservers of 'the traditions of interpretation as these have been handed down,' as against men like Stokowski and Koussevitzky who operate rather with 'a highly personalized ability to hold attention'... http://books.google.com/books?id=YohCAAAAIAAJ&q=haggin+reiner+monteux&dq=hagg in+reiner+monteux&source=bl&ots=WkXcfwNLCX&sig=1vSjbAuURFbOhs_OdcMsQLtGJIw&hl =en&sa=X&ei=gC9cUP_jC-fdigKPhoCIBA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg
