1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454143403321

Autore

Watson Alan H. D. <1953->

Titolo

The biology of musical performance and performance-related injury [[electronic resource] /] / Alan H.D. Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-52019-9

9786612520198

0-8108-6375-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Disciplina

612.002/478

Soggetti

Music - Performance - Physiological aspects

Music - Performance - Psychological aspects

Music - Performance - Health aspects

Musicians - Wounds and injuries

Overuse injuries - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

CD-ROM includes illustrations from the book (color versions), animations, soundfiles, and videos.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to the tissues of the body -- Posture and the back in musical performance -- The shoulder, arm, and hand : structure and problems -- Breathing in singing and wind playing -- The voice : management and problems -- The embouchure and wind playing -- The structure and organization of the brain -- How the performance of music affects the brain -- Hearing and the processing of musical sound by the brain -- Performance-related stress and its management.

Sommario/riassunto

The Biology of Musical Performance and Performance-Related Injury presents accurate information on the biological principles and physical processes that underlie the craft of musical performance. It explains concepts and techniques without assuming prior scientific knowledge, providing relevance to both musicians and health professionals who treat performance-related medical conditions. It offers performers and teachers the tools they need to create a rational approach to the development and communic



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820499803321

Autore

Clarke Bruce

Titolo

Neocybernetics and narrative / / Bruce Clarke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis ; ; London : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4529-4215-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Posthumanities ; ; 29

Disciplina

808

Soggetti

Narration (Rhetoric)

Cybernetics in literature

System theory in literature

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; Introduction: Mysteries of Cognition; 1. Systems, Media, Narrative: From the Trace to the Telepathic Imaginary; 2. Communication and Information: Noise and Form in Michel Serres and Niklas Luhmann; 3. Feedback Loops: Media Embedding and Narrative Time from Jimi Hendrix; 4. Observing Aramis, or the Love of Technology: Objects and Projects in Gilbert Simondon and Bruno Latour; 5. Mediations of Gaia: Ecology and Epistemology from Gregory Bateson; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Neocybernetics and Narrative opens a new chapter in Bruce Clarke's project of rethinking narrative and media through systems theory. Reconceiving interrelations among subjects, media, significations, and the social, this study demonstrates second-order systems theory's potential to provide fresh insights into the familiar topics of media studies and narrative theory.  A pioneer of systems narratology, Clarke offers readers a synthesis of the neocybernetic theories of cognition formulated by biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, incubated by cyberneticist Heinz von Foerster, and cu