Storytelling in jazz and musicality in theatre : through the mirror / Sven Bjerstedt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bjerstedt, Sven, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrative in music.

Music and language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

[01.].

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"Art forms tend to mirror themselves in each other. In order to understand literature and fine arts better, we often turn to music, speaking of the 'tone' in a book and of the 'rhythm' in a painting. In attempts to understand music better, we turn instead to the narrative arts, speaking of the 'story' of a musical piece. This book focuses on two examples of such conceptual mirror reflexivity: narrativity in jazz music and musicality in spoken theatre. These intermedial metaphors are shown to be significant to the practice and reflection of performing artists through their ability to mediate holistic views of what is considered to be of crucial importance in artistic practice, analysis, and education. This exploration opens up possibilities for new theoretical and practical insights with regard to how the borderland between temporal art forms can be conceptualized. The book will be of interest not only to scholars of music and theatre, but also to those who work in the fields of aesthetics, intermedial studies, cognitive linguistics, arts theory, communication theory, and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Intermedial Metaphor in the Arts. Metaphoricity in Arts Discourse

Part II. Musical Storytelling. Storytelling in Jazz : A Conceptual Challenge ; A History of Jazz Writings ; Interviews with Jazz Improvisers ; Storytelling in Jazz Improvisation : Conclusions

Part III. Theatrical Musicality. Musicality in Spoken Theatre : A Conceptual Challenge ; A History of Theatre Writings ; Interviews with Actors ; Musicality in Spoken Theatre : Conclusions

Part IV. Through the Mirror. Intermedial Conceptual Loans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-45788-X

0-429-85606-7

0-429-85607-5

9780429457883

OCLC:

1241450665