Music's intellectual history

Music’s ’ INTELLECTUAL HISTORY EDITED BY Z dRaVko BlažekoVić BaRBaRa d oBBs M ackenZie R épeRtoiR e i nteR nat ional de l it téR atuR e Music al e neW YoRk 20 09 © 2009 by Répertoire international de littérature Musicale all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any other information storage or retrieval system without the prior permission of the publisher. e book is edited according to How to write about music: e RILM manual of style (2nd ed., new York, 2006). 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Graeme Fullerton editor of French articles: desmond Hosford conference administrator: Michele smith printer and binder: Hamilton printing company is book is printed on acid-free paper. Contents Preface .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . xi Personalities:.Music.scholars Ruth.I..DeFord,.Sebald.Heyden.(1499–1561):.he.irst.historical.musicologist? .... ... ... ... .. 3 Juan.José.Pastor.Comín,.Musical.transmission.of.Garcilaso.de.la.Vega’s.poems.in. Cervantes’s.texts .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...17 Philippe.Vendrix,.To.write.historically.about.music.during.the.16th.century:. Pietro.Gaetano.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..33 Walter.Kurt.Kreyszig,.“Leopold.Mozart….a.man.of.much….sagacity”:.he.revival of.humanist.scholarship.in.his.Gründliche Violinschule.(Augsburg,.1756) .... ... ... ... ... ... ..43 Edward.Green,.he.impact.of.Rousseau.on.the.histories.of.Burney.and.Hawkins:. A.story.in.the.ethics.of.musicology .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .157 Theodore.Albrecht,.Anton.Schindler.as.destroyer.and.forger.of.Beethoven’s conversation.books:.A.case.for.decriminalization.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .169 Anna.Harwell.Celenza,.Music.history.as.relected.in.the.works.of.Hans Christian.Andersen.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 183 Sanna.F..Pederson,.An.early.crusader.for.music.as.culture:.Wilhelm.Heinrich.Riehl.... ... 195 Zdravko.Blažeković,.Franjo.Ksaver.Kuhač.(1834–1911).and.the.beginnings.of music.scholarship.in.Croatia .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 203 Timothy.Flynn,.Camille.Saint-Saëns.musicologist?.Efects,.inluence,.and.traditions .... ... 235 Antonio.Lovato,.he.Cecilian.movement.and.musical.historiography.in.Italy:. he.contribution.of.Angelo.De.Santi .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .241 Bérengère.de.L’.Épine.&.Pauline.Girard,.Léo Delibes.by.Henri.de.Curzon: A.stereotypical.biography.of.a.French.musician.in.the.early.20th.century.... ... ... ... ... ... 251 Anna.Maria.Busse.Berger,.he.origins.of.the.agenda.of.medieval.musicology:. Friedrich.Ludwig.and.Jacques.Handschin .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .261 Rémy.Campos,.he.founding..of.French.musicology:.Looking.around.Pierre.Aubry’s. workshop.(1896–1910).... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 291 Florence.Gétreau,.Curt.Sachs.as.a.theorist.for.music.museology .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 303 André.Balog,.“hose.unheard.are.sweeter...”?.Hungarian.music.and.musicians.in.the. 20th.century:.An.incomplete.history.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..315 vii Ennio.Stipčević,.Music.historiography.and.terra incognita:.he.case.of. Dragan.Plamenac.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 327 Lóránt.Péteri,.God.and.revolution:.Rewriting.the.absolute..Bence.Szabolcsi.and.the discourse.of.Hungarian.musical.life.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 337 Andreas.Vejvar,.Orpheus.in.the.jungle:.Constructing.music.history.in.a.novel.... ... ... ... ..343 Beatriz.Magalhăes-Castro,.Robert.Stevenson’s.Iberian.world.connections:.Haydn and.interconnected.music.histories.in.Latin.American.studies.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 353 Personalities:.Composers Mark.Burford,.Nationalism,.liberalism,.and.commemorative.practice:.A.tale.of.two. 19th-century.Bach.editions.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..367 David.Hunter,.Writing.a.nation’s.musical.taste:.Hawkins,.Burney,.and.the. popularization.of.Händel.in.the.irst.histories.of.music .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..377 Ilias.Chrissochoidis,.Handel’s.reception.and.the.rise.of.music.historiography. in.Britain .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .387 Heather.Platt,.Hugo.Wolf.and.the.“evolution”.of.the.lied.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..397 Sabine.Feisst,.Schoenberg.in.America.reconsidered:.A.historiographic.investigation .... ... .409 Valérie.Dufour,.Stravinsky.stratège?.Le.compositeur.face.à.l’exégèse.de.son.œuvre. en.Europe.(1926–34).... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 427 Rachel.Beckles.Willson,.Reconstructing.Ligeti .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 443 National.studies Xavier.Bisaro,.Entre.instrumentalisation.et.sécularisation:.L’historiographie.du. plain-chant.de.Nivers.à.Lebeuf.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 451 Cécile.Reynaud,.“he.judgment.of.Paris”:.Evaluations.by.the.Académie.des.Beaux-Arts. of.works.by.winners.of.the.Prix.de.Rome.(1803–ca.1840) .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 465 viii Stefan.Morent,.Viewing.the.past:.Difering.concepts.of.early.music.history.in. 19th-century.Germany.and.France.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .473 James.Deaville,.he.Allgemeine.Deutsche.Musikverein:.Forming.German.national. identity.through.new.music.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..481 Ivano.Cavallini,.he.rise.of.music.historiography.in.Italy.in.the.second.half.of.the. 19th.century:.Between.positivism.and.evolutionism.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 495 Marco.Di.Pasquale,.he.music.of.the.Italian.Renaissance.as.a.national.myth.... ... ... ... ... 503 Sanja.Majer-Bobetko,.he.founders.of.Croatian.music.historiography:.Music,.history,. politics,.and.ideology.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .515 Sindhumathi.K..Revuluri,.Harmonizing.the.past .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .525 Frédéric.Lemmers,.Les.traductions.d’opéras.au.travers.de.l’enregistrement.sonore:. Quatre.enregistrements.de.a.sérénade.de.Don.Juan.dans.quatre.traductions. françaises.diférentes.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..533 Karen.Ahlquist,.A.matter.of.faith:.Intellectual.history,.institutional.governance,.and. musicians’.education.in.the.early–20th-century.USA..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .545 Cleveland.Johnson,.he.irst.All-India.Music.Conferences.and.the.advent.of.modern. Indian.musicology.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..551 Timothy.J..Cooley,.How.19th-century.musical.folklore.created.Poland’s.Górale. diaspora.in.20th-century.Chicago.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 559 Lynn.Hooker,.Ideas.about.“Hungarian.music”.in.early.Hungarian.musicology.... ... ... ... ... 565 Michael.B..Beckerman,.Nettie.Quinn’s.guide.to.nationalism.in.music .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 581 Beate.Kutschke,.Musicology.and.the.force.of.political.iction:.he.debate.on.politically. engaged.music.at.the.beginning.of.the.1970s .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 583 Marin.Marian-Bălaşa,.Communist.ethnomusicology.and.the.formation.and.growth. of.nationalist.ethnocentrism .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 593 Luana.Stan,.Constructing.policies.of.image.and.identity:.he.local.and.the.global.in. Romanian.musicology.after.the.Second.World.War.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 599 James.Melo,.Macunaíma.out.of.the.woods:.he.intersection.of.musicology.and. ethnomusicology.in.Brazil .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 607 Niels.Krabbe,.Den europæiske musikkulturs historie.(1982–84).and.its.ideological.and. academic.background .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 615 Martin.Lodge,.Music.historiography.in.New.Zealand.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 625 Daniël.G..Geldenhuys,.Enlightening.a.continent:.he.legacy.of.a.music.history. in.Africa.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 633 Encyclopedias Nico.Schüler,.Hugo.Riemann’s.Musik-Lexikon.as.a.mirror.of.German.music.history.... ... 643 Melita.Milin,.he.place.of.small.musical.cultures.in.reference.books.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 653 Philip.Ewell,.Russia’s.New Grove:.Priceless.resource.or.propagandistic.rubbish?.... ... ... ... 659 Urve.Lippus,.A.man.and.his.portraits:.he.image.of.Gustav.Ernasaks.in.(Soviet). writings.on.music.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 671 ix Periodicals Robin Wallace, he Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung: Cradle of modern musicology 685 Carol Padgham Albrecht, Leipzig’s Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung and the Viennese Classical canon 707 Tatjana Marković, Intertextual relations between the Serbian and Viennese concepts of 19th-century music periodicals 719 Michel Duchesneau, La revue musicale (1920–40) and the founding of a modern music 743 Danick Trottier, Towards a topology of aesthetic discussion contained in La revue musicale of the 1920s 751 Marie-Noëlle Lavoie, Dance in Henry Prunières’s La revue musicale (1920–40): Between the early and the modern 761 Historiography & its directions x Nicholas Cook, Changing the musical object: Approaches to performance analysis 775 Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, Musicology and performance 791 James R Cowdery, Kategorie or Wertidee? he early years of the International Folk Music Council 805 James Robert Currie, Music’s context: Genealogical and political considerations 813 Zbigniew Granat, Rediscovering “sonoristics”: A groundbreaking theory from the margins of musicology 821 Vanessa Hawes, Numbering fetishism: he history of the use of information theory as a tool for musical analysis 835 Jolanta T Pekacz, Musical biography—Further thoughts 843 Michael Saffle, Musicology and iction 853 Author biographies 885 Index 893 Preface For. almost. 45. years. RILM. has. been. abstracting. and. indexing. the. publications. of. hundreds. of. thousands. of. scholars. from. countries. around. the. world—scholars. who. write.on.every.kind.of.music.and.who.follow.myriad.directions.in.music.scholarship.. he.result.has.been.the.continual.growth.of.RILM abstracts of music literature,.RILM’s. central. publication. and. primary. raison. d’être.. In. addition. to. our. eforts. to. keep. up. with. current. literature,. the. RILM retrospectives. series. assures. coverage. of. some. key. document. types. from. the. past,. including,. most. recently,. conference. proceedings. and. Festschriften.honoring.music.scholars..Together.this.retrospective.coverage.and.RILM’s. current.bibliography.form.a.foundation.supporting.scholarly.research.and.fostering.the. interplay.and.development.of.ideas.and.concepts,.with.the.ultimate.goal.of.furthering. intellectual.discourse.on.music.. In.addition.to.laying.solid.groundwork.for.scholarship,.there.is.another.result.of. this.endeavor.that.may.not.leap.so.readily.to.mind:.In.working.with.the.world’s.music. literature. for. many. years. at. the. RILM. International. Center,. one. begins. to. gain. an. overview.of.the.world’s.scholarly.output.on.music..Participating.in.the.gradual,.recordby-record.construction.of.a.kind.of.bibliographic.mountain.enables.fascinating.views. from.the.top,.so.to.speak..From.this.vantage.point,.currents.and.trends.become.visible.. A.historiographic.overview.begins.to.come.into.focus.. his.perspective.jumped.out.at.us.particularly.in.our.work.on.Speaking of music: Music conferences, 1835–1966.(2004),.volume.4.in.the.RILM retrospectives.series..he. volume.begins.with.the.earliest.paper.on.music.presented.at.the.irst.Congrès.Historique. Européen and. ends. the. year. before. RILM’s. current. bibliography’s. coverage. begins.. Speaking of music.points.to.a.multitude.of.topics.discussed.at.nearly.500.conferences;.its. chronology.provides.an.engrossing.picture.of.music.scholarship.and.its.evolution.over. the.past.two.centuries,.relecting.countless.currents.of.thought.from.the.mid-19th.to. the.mid-20th.century—the.heyday.of.Romanticism,.the.advent.of.modernism,.the.rise. and.fall.of.Marxism,.and.the.emergence.of.multiculturalism,.to.name.just.a.few..One. sees.how.the.center.and.the.peripheries.of.activity.have.shifted.among.countries,.how. diferent.topics.have.come.into.vogue.and.then.been.forgotten,.how.individual.efort.has. gradually.given.way.to.institutionalized.research,.and.how.ideas.that.occupied.particular. scholars.of.the.past.changed.at.various.moments.in.their.careers.. As.such,.Speaking of music.provides.a.particularly.revealing.window.on.intellectual. history.through.the.prism.of.music,.and.it.inspired.the.idea.that.RILM.should.organize. a.conference.on.music.historiography.as.a.forum.for.the.scholarly.investigation.of.the. many.ideas.presented.in.its.bibliography..he.conference—Music’s.Intellectual.History:. xi Founders, Followers, and Fads (held from 16 through 19 March 2005 at he.Graduate. Center.of.he.City.University.of.New.York)—resonated.in.the.scholarly.community;. 100.scholars.from.around.the.world.presented.papers.over.the.course.of.these.four.days,. far.more.than.we.had.anticipated,.and.a.fascinating.kaleidoscope.of.studies,.viewpoints,. ideas,.and.opinions.emerged..It.was.our.irst.conference,.and.it.was.so.successful,.and.the. presentations.were.so.insightful,.that.we.realized.the.natural.partnership.of.RILM.and. historiographic.investigation..It.became.clear.to.us.that.RILM.has.unique.perspectives. and.materials.to.ofer.to.the.ield.of.historiography. Hence. the. inauguration. herewith. of. the. new. RILM perspectives. series,. which. is. devoted.to.selected.proceedings.of.RILM.conferences..he.current.volume,.containing. 66. articles. that. started. as. presentations. at. the. 2005. conference,. disseminates. the. scholarship.presented.there..It.spans.an.immense.range.of.topics,.views,.and.ideas.that,. together,.provide.an.essential.cornerstone.of.music.studies,.indicating.the.directions.the. discipline.has.taken.in.the.past,.revealing.the.precedents.for.current.scholarly.habits,.and. suggesting.future.paths.for.further.pursuits..he.articles.are.grouped.into.the.following. sections: Personalities:.Music.Scholars.proiles.historical.igures.starting.with.the. 16th-century.Nuremberg.theorist.Sebald.Heyden.and.the.Venetian.historian.Pietro. Gaetano;.followed.by.Leopold.Mozart,.Jean-Jacques.Rousseau,.Charles.Burney,.and. John.Hawkins.in.the.18th.century;.Anton.Schindler,.Hans.Christian.Andersen,. Wilhelm.Heinrich.Riehl,.Franjo.Ksaver.Kuhač,.Camille.Saint-Saëns,.and.Angelo. De.Santi.in.the.19th.century;.and.culminating.with.the.founding.igures.of.modern. music.scholarship,.from.Henri.de.Curzon,.Friedrich.Ludwig,.Jacques.Handschin,. Pierre.Aubry,.and.Curt.Sachs.to.Dragan.Plamenac,.Bence.Szabolcsi,.and.Robert. Stevenson. Personalities:.Composers.ofers.new.perspectives.on.the.reception.history.of. Bach,.Händel,.Wolf,.Schoenberg,.Stravinsky,.and.Ligeti. National.studies.explores.historiographic.issues.pertaining.to.the.music.histories. of.Africa,.Brazil,.Croatia,.Denmark,.France,.Germany,.Hungary,.India,.Italy,.New. Zealand,.Romania,.and.the.United.States. Encyclopedias.presents.methodological.topics.and.the.main.lexicographical.eforts. of.the.20th.century.in.Germany,.the.Soviet.Union,.and.the.United.Kingdom. xii periodicals.analyzes.the.signiicance.of.the.German.Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung,.the.Serbian.Gusle,.and.the.French.La revue musicale. Historiography.and.its.directions.brings.research.on.performance.history. into.focus,.analyzes.struggles.in.deining.the.term.folk music.in.the.mid-20th.century,. considers.the.vogue.of.context.studies,.explores.the.creation.and.use.of.sonoristics. and.information.theory.in.music.analysis,.discusses.methods.in.writing.musical. biography,.and.examines.the.relationship.between.musicology.and.iction.   It is our happy duty to thank some of those who made this volume and its related conference possible he. Graduate. Center. of. he. City. University. of. New.York. has. supported. RILM. from. its. infancy;. it. assisted. RILM’s. eforts. again. by. providing. the. venue. and. technical. assistance. for. the. 2005. conference.. hanks. are. due. particularly. to.he.Graduate.Center’s.President,.William.P..Kelly,.as.well.as.to.the.Vice.President. for. Research. and. Sponsored. Programs,. Brian. Schwartz,. for. their. participation. and. encouragement.. Our. neighbors. in. the. Music. Department. at. he. Graduate. Center. have.also.helped.RILM’s.eforts.over.all.these.years..Claire.Brook.has.been.the.most. determined.supporter.of.events.organized.by.both.RILM.and.the.Barry.S..Brook.Center. for.Music.Research.and.Documentation,.the.umbrella.organization.of.projects.housed. at.he.Graduate.Center..We.are.grateful.also.to.RILM’s.sponsoring.organizations—the. International.Musicological.Society;.the.International.Association.of.Music.Libraries,. Archives,.and.Documentation.Centres;.and.the.International.Council.for.Traditional. Music—as.well.as.to.the.members.of.its.Commission.Internationale.Mixte.for.their. steadfast. encouragement.. And. special. recognition. is. due. to. the. tireless. J.. Graeme. Fullerton,. RILM’s. Production. Editor,. who. designed. the. page. layout. and. typeset. the. volume,.and.implemented.countless.revisions.to.the.text.over.many.months. And. lastly. but. most. importantly,. to. all. the. scholars. who. contributed. articles. published.herein,.we.thank.you.for.your.contributions..he.quality.and.depth.of.research. make.us.especially.proud.to.be.the.editors.of.such.ine.work.. “Performance.shifts.all.the.time;.scholarship.has.to.change.by.revolutions.or.hardly. at. all.”. (Daniel.Leech-Wilkinson,.p.. 803).We.invite.you.to.read.about. some.of. these. revolutions.and.attempted.revolutions.in.the.following.pages. Zdravko.Blažeković. .Barbara.Dobbs.Mackenzie xiii