Performing Music: Shared Concerns - Couverture rigide

Dunsby, Jonathan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198164599 ISBN 13 : 9780198164593

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1995

Synopsis

This text is about aspects of music-making that have not previously been considered together and in an accessible form. It deals with "performance studies" as a coherent subject, exploring such issues as the ideas of anxiety and artistry, recent thought in the musical literature, tensions between Romanticism and Modernism, and the sound and design of music. It is written in non-technical language so that the lay reader will be able to gain an insight into how performers think, and what they think about. It is performers who bring classical music to a worldwide public, and yet the public is largely unaware of what it feels like to perform music, what aspects of the activity are a mystery even to the musicians themselves, and which are amenable to scrutiny, experiment, and improvement. This study should be of interest to performers, music college and performing arts students, music teachers and performing artists.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Shared Concerns: Performing Music is about aspects of music-making that have not previously been considered together and in an accessible form. It deals with `performance studies' as a coherent subject, exploring such issues as the ideas of anxiety and artistry, recent thought in the musical literature, tensions between Romanticism nad Modernism, and the sound and design of music. It is written in non-technical language so that the lay reader will be able to gain an insight into how performers think, and what they think about. It is performers who bring classical music to a worldwide public, and yet the public is largely unaware of what it feels like to perform music, what aspects of the activity are a mystery even to the musicians themselves, and which are amenable to scrutiny, experiment, and improvement. The book offers a sustained but compact argument in a rich and entertaining narrative.

Revue de presse

perceptive book ... The book consists of seven short essays, related to aspects of performance ... and is written not only with considerable insight and originality, but also with engaging enthusiasm. (Angus Watson, British Journal of Music)

I suspect there is something for everyone in these thoughtfully assembled musings ... like all expert performers, Dunsby draws upon a lifetime of preparation (both thoughts and deeds) in executing an immensely difficult but seemingly effortless performative task ... a brilliant and exciting performance ... music lovers, professionals and academic musicians alike - will be enriched and their thoughts (and deeds?) provoked in the best possible sense ... the abundant ideas and sheer elegance of thought in this book will be a source of inspiration. (John Rink, Music and Letters, Vol. 77, No. 2, May '96)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198164599
• ISBN 13: 9780198164593
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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