The Composer
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The Composer S Voice
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Author : Edward T. Cone
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
The Composer S Voice written by Edward T. Cone and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Music, we are often told, is a language. But if music is a language, then who is speaking? The Composer's Voice tries to answer this obvious but infrequently raised question. In so doing, it puts forward a dramatistic theory of musical expression, based on the view that every composition is a symbolic utterance involving a fundamental act of impersonation. The voice we hear is not that of the composer himself, but of a persona--a musical projection of his consciousness that experiences and communicates the events of the composition. Developing his argument by reference to numerous examples ina wide variety of styles, Mr. Cone moves from song and opera through program music to absolute instrumental music. In particular, he discusses the implications of his theory for performance. According to the dramatistic view, not only every singer but every instrumentalist as well becomes a kind of actor, assuming a role that functions both autonomously and as a component of the total musical persona. In his analysis of the problems inherent in this dual nature of the performer's job, Mr. Cone offers guidance that will prove of practical value to every performing musician. He has much to say to the listener as well. He recommends an imaginative participation in the component roles of musical work, leading to a sense of identification with the persona itself, as the path to complete musical understanding. And this approach is shown to be relevant to a number of specialized kids of listening as well--those applicable to analysis, historical scholarship, and criticism. The dance, too, is shown to depend on similar concepts. Although The Composer's Voice involves an investigation of how music functions as a form of communication, it is not primarily concerned with determine, or interpreting, the "content" of the message. A final chapter, however, puts forward a tentative explanation of musical "meaning" based on an interpretation of the art as a coalescence of symbolic utterance and symbolic gesture. While not essential to the main lines of the argument, it suggests interesting possibilities for further development of the dramatistic theory. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.
The Composer In Hollywood
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Author : Christopher Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
Release Date : 1990
The Composer In Hollywood written by Christopher Palmer and has been published by Marion Boyars Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Christopher Palmer discusses the life and work of eleven great Hollywood composers -- Steiner, Korngold, Newman, Waxman, Tiomkin, Webb, Rozsa, Herrmann, North, Bernstein, and Rosenman -- analyzing the scores of many well-known films. Each chapter is written in clear non-technical language for the general reader as well as film and music enthusiasts.
The Composer As Listener
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Author : Irving Kolodin
language : en
Publisher: New York : Collier
Release Date : 1962
The Composer As Listener written by Irving Kolodin and has been published by New York : Collier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Music categories.
Calling On The Composer
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Author : Julie Anne Sadie
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2005-07-10
Calling On The Composer written by Julie Anne Sadie and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-10 with Travel categories.
Across Europe, more than three hundred houses and museums commemorate the composers who lived and worked in them. In Calling on the Composer, two distinguished musicologists guide the musically curious traveler or reader to these sites and provide essential information on their content and significance. Whether lakeside hut or moated castle, clock tower or cave, village school or fine town house, the physical context for musical genius and the artefacts of day-to-day existence have a powerful impact on how we perceive the figure behind the music we know and love. Julie and Stanley Sadie have journeyed to thirty-one countries to compile this unique travel companion and reference source. They offer practical information for the visitor, seasoned insights, and lively commentary. Richly illustrated and supported by thorough maps, the entries on individual composers trace their steps through the practicalities of life and reveal to us the context of creativity.
The Composer On Screen
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Author : Paul Fryer
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-05-03
The Composer On Screen written by Paul Fryer and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with Performing Arts categories.
This collection of new essays explores the many ways in which composers have been depicted in film and what audiences have taken away from such depictions. Beginning with some of the earliest silent film examples—including some of the first feature-length “bio-pics” ever produced—these essays range from the 12th century abbess Hildegard of Bingen to the great classical and romantic eras of Verdi, Wagner, Berlioz and Strauss, up to the 20th century’s Elgar, Delius, Gershwin and Blitzstein.
The Composer
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Author : Agnes Castle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
The Composer written by Agnes Castle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with categories.
The Composer And His Art
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Author : Gordon Jacob
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1986
The Composer And His Art written by Gordon Jacob and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Music categories.
This book, written by an active composer and teacher, points out some of the difficulties which confront the creative musician and tries to show how his mind works in dealing with them. The writer aims to stimulate the interest of musical people in the creative side of the art.
The Composer Classic Reprint
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Author : Agnes Castle
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-29
The Composer Classic Reprint written by Agnes Castle and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-29 with categories.
Excerpt from The Composer It was not that he had any solid objection, but the average young man of his set ejaculated Oh, I say! On every opportunity. And Johnny was a very average young man indeed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
From Handel To Hendrix
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Author : Michael Chanan
language : en
Publisher: Verso
Release Date : 1999-12-17
From Handel To Hendrix written by Michael Chanan and has been published by Verso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This study examines the composer as a public figure. It examines the fate of the composer through successive incarnations and investigates a range of themes such as subjectivity and identity.
Beyond Britten
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Author : Peter Wiegold
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2015
Beyond Britten written by Peter Wiegold and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
With his Aspen award lecture (1964), Benjamin Britten expressed a unique commitment to community and place. This book revisits this seminal lecture, but then uses it as a starting point of reflection, inviting leading composers, producers and writers to consider the role of the composer in the community in Britain in the last fifty years. Colin Matthews, Jonathan Reekie and John Barber reflect on Britten's aspirations as a composer and the impact of his legacy, and Gillian Moore surveys the ideals of composers since the 1960s. Eugene Skeef and Tommy Pearson discuss the influence of the London Sinfonietta, while Katie Tearle reviews the tradition of community opera at Glyndebourne. Nigel Osborne and Judith Webster explore the role of music as therapy, and James Redwood, Amoret Abis, Sean Gregory and Douglas Mitchell look at music in the classroom and creative workshops. John Sloboda, Detta Danford and Natasha Zielazinski discuss collaboration in music-making and ways of facilitating exchanges between the composer and the audience, while Christopher Fox and Howard Skempton examine the role of modernism and the use of 'other', radical techniques to stimulate new dialogues between composer and community. Peter Wiegold and Amoret Abis interview Sir Harrison Birtwistle, John Woolrich and Phillip Cashian, and Wiegold discusses his formative experiences in encountering music-making in other cultures. All of these approaches to the role and identity of the composer throw a different light on how we address 'the composer and the community': the varied, sometimes contradictory, motivations of composers; the role of music in 'enhancing lives'; the concept of 'outreach' and the different ways this is pursued; and, finally, the meaning of 'community'. Underpinning each are genuine questions about the relationship of arts to society. This book will appeal not only to composers, performers and practitioners of contemporary music but to anyone interested in the changes in twentieth-century music practice, music in education, and the role of music and the arts in the wider community and society. PETER WIEGOLD is a composer, conductor and the director of Club In gales and the Institute of Composing. He is a Research Professor of Music at Brunel University, and also director of the 'Brunel Institute for Contemporary Middle-Eastern Music' (BICMEM). GHISLAINE KENYON is an author, freelance arts education consultant and curator.