The new music theater : seeing the voice, hearing the body
- Title
- The new music theater : seeing the voice, hearing the body / Eric Salzman and Thomas Desi.
- Published by
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Author
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- Description
- viii, 408 p. : ill., music; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- 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 and 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 as musiktheater ; From the homeland : teatro musicale ; Théâtre musical ; Music theater in Northern Europe ; Entr'acte IV : The art form that never happened ; Downtown ; Minimalism and music theater ; The show must go on ; The art of the in-between ; Extended voice ; New media and 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 versus improvisation? ; Popular or high art? ; Is anyone listening?
- Call number
- JME 08-1109
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-381) and index.
- Author
- Salzman, Eric.
- Title
- The new music theater : seeing the voice, hearing the body / Eric Salzman and Thomas Desi.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-381) and index.
- Added author
- Dézsy, Thomas, 1967-
- LCCN
- 2007042353
- ISBN
- 9780195099362 (alk. paper)
- 0195099362 (alk. paper)
- Research call number
- JME 08-1109