Goodman’s famous assertion that one wrong note or dynamic disqualifies a
performance from representing the work, but that a vast latitude in
areas not specified by the score is permissible, is a purely
philosophical exercise of no interest or importance in the musical
world. However, Urmson takes a more practical if also philosophically
stern line in suggesting that performers have an ethical obligation to
proffer the audience something as true as possible to what they believe
is (e.g.) Handel’s Messiah if that is what is promised on the
programme.
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