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

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 ca...

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Main Author: Roesner, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014
Series:Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.