Musicality in theatre : music as model, method and metaphor in theatre-making / David Roesner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roesner, David, author.

Series:

Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.

Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music in the theater.

Theater--Production and direction.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Music continues to be immensely influential in key developments of theatrical practices. In this study of musicality in the theatre, David Roesner offers a revised view of the nature of the relationship between music and theatre. The theoretical scope of the book is developed from a wide range of case studies, some of which are re-readings of the classics of theatre history (Appia, Meyerhold, Artaud, Beckett), while others introduce or rediscover less-discussed practitioners such as Joe Chaikin, Thomas Bernhard, Elfriede Jelinek, Michael Thalheimer and Karin Beier.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Premises and Promises; 1 Appia - Musicality and the 'Inner Essence'; 2 Meyerhold - Theatre 'Organized According to The Music's Laws'; 3 Artaud - The Musicality of Sound, Voice and Noise; 4 Writing with Your Ears - The Musicality of Playwriting; 5 Theatre and Jazz; 6 The Eclectic Musicality of Now; Conclusion: Paradoxes of Musicality; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-59700-4

1-317-09133-7

1-317-09132-9

1-4094-6102-5

9781315597003

OCLC:

880437807