The new music theater seeing the voice, hearing the body
Written for the reader who comes from the contemporary worlds of music, theater, film, literature and visual arts, this book describes the works themselves, and the concepts, ideas and trends that have gone into the evolution of what may be the most central performance art form of the post-modern wo...
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Oxford Univ. Press
2008
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Written for the reader who comes from the contemporary worlds of music, theater, film, literature and visual arts, this book describes the works themselves, and the concepts, ideas and trends that have gone into the evolution of what may be the most central performance art form of the post-modern world. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index Music in music theater. The voice ; Where the sound comes from ; Entr'acte I : Is there such a thing as progress in opera or music theater? ; The music -- Theater in music theater. Cultural narratives & performance institutions ; Entr'acte II : A woman's earring, a diamond necklace, a knee, a yogi in meditation, drawing, a Mahout looking after an elephant: the language of Kathakali ; Text ; Visual strategies ; Space ; Entr'acte III : A theater of warm bodies? -- Putting it all together : la mise en scène. The American eccentrics ; Music theater in Germany & Austria ; The Italians ; Music theater in France ; Northern Europe ; Entr'acte IV : If it goes on like this will I get tinnitus? ; Downtown ; Minimalism & music theater ; The show must go on ; The art of the in between ; Extended voice ; Media & music theater ; Entr'acte V: And how did you like it? -- After the show : taking it apart. Toward a theory of the new music theater ; Notation vs. improvisation? ; Popular or high art? ; Is anyone listening? |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 408 S. Ill., Notenbeisp. |
| ISBN: | 9780195099362 978-0-19-509936-2 0195099362 0-19-509936-2 |