CASE STUDY: READINGS OF CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH'S WÜRTTEMBERG SONATA NO. 3

Abstract

This paper will attempt to question the reliability of such primary elements of a note, which seem fixated−it's pitch and duration. By analyzing the composer's musical language and his way of utilising the notation system we will attempt to bring to light the layer of the text that remains unwritten in the score. We will also try to clarify the extent to which the decisions of a performer are spontaneous or arbitrary.