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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816451103321

Autore

Roesner David

Titolo

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

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.