# Aspects of Authenticity

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Christopher Hogwood CBE, Dame Emma Kirkby, Jakob Lindberg
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Music
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/aspects-authenticity)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In its passage from manuscript composition to audible performance, a musical work passes through the hands of editors, teachers, interpreters, recording engineers and many others, all of whom make decisions, often based on personal choices, and have to satisfy the tastes and needs of a changing public. With over a century of recorded sound as evidence, we can now assess the options and expectations of the modern performer, and measure these against the evidence available to the interpreter today, and the range of choices to be made.

## Lectures

1. [The Past is a Foreign Country](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-aspects-authenticity/155434d53a2f) (YouTube)
2. [St Cecilia and Music: True or false?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-aspects-authenticity/89f9f0372702) (YouTube)
3. [Fakes, Completions and the Art of Borrowing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-aspects-authenticity/69fcf25da267) (YouTube)
4. [The Authenticity of Genius](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-aspects-authenticity/f7398213fd27) (YouTube)
5. [From Composer to Printed Page](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-aspects-authenticity/1b70b661532c) (YouTube)
6. [From Printed Page to Performance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-aspects-authenticity/2a50f77265af) (YouTube)