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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786561203321
• Autore: Roesner David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-315-59700-4; 1-317-09133-7; 1-317-09132-9; 1-4094-6102-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Collana: Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera
• Disciplina: 782.1
• Soggetti: Music in the theater; Theater - Production and direction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.