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Composing under the Skin : The Music-making Body at the Composer's Desk /

A revealing study of the physical presence of the musician in musical performance. Fingers slipping over guitar strings, the tap of a bow against the body of a cello, a pianist humming along to the music: contemporary composers often work with parasitic, non-conventional sounds such as these. Are th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Craenen, Paul (Autor)
Otros Autores: White, Helen (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Sumario:A revealing study of the physical presence of the musician in musical performance. Fingers slipping over guitar strings, the tap of a bow against the body of a cello, a pianist humming along to the music: contemporary composers often work with parasitic, non-conventional sounds such as these. Are they to be perceived as musical elements or do they shift attention to the physical effort of music-making, contact between a body and an instrument?Composer Paul Craenen explores ways in which the musician's body is revealed in musical performance. He leads us from Cage, Lachenmann, Kagel and their co.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (284 pages).
ISBN:9789461661531