Performance analysis : a bridge between theory and interpretation / edited by Madalena Soveral and Sara Zurletti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Soveral, Madalena, editor.

Zurletti, Sara, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance practice (Music).

Music--Performance.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

This collection of essays highlights different questions concerning music theory, interpretation, and performance. Organized into four chapters, the first section looks into interpretation from a hermeneutic perspective, whereas the second analyses the application of this knowledge in musical practice. The discussion turns, in the third part, to a new field of music theory broadly labelled as performance studies. Focused on physical and psychological events, this section broaches fundamental issues such as gesture, bodily movement, expression, emotion, a whole set of processes that act within the framework of performance. The final section addresses the artistic practices in the 21st century across present-day cultural contexts. Proposing a space for reflection in which one tries to imagine the relation between the scientific field and the interpretative process, this volume reflects the central issues of research in performance analysis, establishing connections between different disciplines, methodologies and research trends. It will be of essential interest to researchers, musicians and performers, and music students.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter One

Musical interpretation

Hermeneutics of the Cantigas

On Judas (2002) for Choir and Orchestra

Imagination play in hermeneutical re-creation

How to (per)form the incomparable

Chapter Two

The Score Array

Alban Berg's Piano Sonata op. 1

Franz Liszt, Aux Cypres de la Villa d'Este

The Performer as a Musicologist

Artur Schnabel and the harmonic functions

Schonberg, Sechs kleine Klavierstucke, No. 6

Chapter Three

Artistic Research

Tell yourself it's a waltz

Kinesics analysis in the investigation of emotional expression in music performance

Acoustic space as a vital criterion of performance (analysis)

Chapter Four

An outline of the ontology of Musical Performance

Performance and music creation

Cross-cultural determinants of music interpretation

The decline of the Performer

Notes on Contributors

Illustrations

Tables

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-2306-3

OCLC:

1080079327