Almost any musical work can be performed
in a variety of ways. So a performance, even one by the composer, is not the
work itself.Music notation can
represent a work, but there can be several equally valid ways of writing down
the same thing.Therefore, a score is
not the work either.Perhaps it is most
accurate to say that a score or a performance represents an instance of a
work, which is a concept, not a physical entity.
'start' vs. 'begin'
'beam' not 'thick black line'
separates logical, visual, gestural, and
analytical domains