Empirical methods in the study of music performance. An interdisciplinary history

Clayton, Martin

Empirical methods in the study of music performance. An interdisciplinary history

Clayton, Martin

Authors

Professor Martin Clayton martin.clayton@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

Gianmario Borio
Editor

Giovanni Giuriati
Editor

Alessandro Cecchi
Editor

Marco Lutzu
Editor

Abstract

This chapter aims to present a comparison, addressing in particular the place of ‘empirical’ methodologies intended as those involving the analysis of quantitative performance data describing for instance timing, pitch, loudness or movement in both disciplines. For some researchers in both ethnomusicology and historical musicology, the empirical investigation of performance has long been an essential element of the serious study of music. The chapter outlines brief histories of empirical methods in historical musicology and ethnomusicology, respectively; in both cases I go into more detail on a selection of sources relating to rhythm and timing, which help to highlight some of the reasons for the disciplinary divergence. Despite the seminal studies of Binet and Courtier, Sears and others around the turn of the last century, the empirical study of musical performance and the integration of musicological and psychological perspectives would seem to have barely begun before Seashore.

Citation

Clayton, M. (2020). Empirical methods in the study of music performance. An interdisciplinary history. In G. Borio, G. Giuriati, A. Cecchi, & M. Lutzu (Eds.), Investigating musical performance : theoretical models and intersection (9-24). (1). Routledge

Online Publication Date	May 21, 2020
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2020
Deposit Date	Mar 15, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Nov 21, 2021
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	9-24
Series Title	Musical cultures of the twentieth century
Edition	1
Book Title	Investigating musical performance : theoretical models and intersection.
ISBN	9780367134389
Publisher URL	https://www.routledge.com/Investigating-Musical-Performance-Theoretical-Models-and-Intersections/Borio-Giuriati-Cecchi-Lutzu/p/book/9780367134389

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Investigating musical performance : theoretical models and intersection on 21 May 2020, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780367134389