The Musical Illusionist
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The Musical Illusionist
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Author : Alex Rose
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2007-10-01
The Musical Illusionist written by Alex Rose and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-01 with Fiction categories.
Presents an collection of curious, postmodern tales filled with magical realism and the playful fusion of science, history, and art.
Magician Of Sound
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Author : Jessie Fillerup
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2021-04-20
Magician Of Sound written by Jessie Fillerup 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 2021-04-20 with Music categories.
French composer Maurice Ravel was described by critics as a magician, conjurer, and illusionist. Scholars have been aware of this historical curiosity, but none so far have explained why Ravel attracted such critiques or what they might tell us about how to interpret his music. Magician of Sound examines Ravel's music through the lens of illusory experience, considering how timbre, orchestral effects, figure/ground relationships, and impressions of motion and stasis might be experienced as if they were conjuring tricks. Applying concepts from music theory, psychology, philosophy, and the history of magic, Jessie Fillerup develops an approach to musical illusion that newly illuminates Ravel's fascination with machines and creates compelling links between his music and other forms of aesthetic illusion, from painting and poetry to fiction and phantasmagoria. Fillerup analyzes scenes of enchantment and illusory effects in Ravel's most popular works, including Boléro, La Valse, Daphnis et Chloé, and Rapsodie espagnole, relating his methods and musical effects to the practice of theatrical conjurers. Drawing on a rich well of primary sources, Magician of Sound provides a new interdisciplinary framework for interpreting this enigmatic composer, linking magic and music.
Music In Renaissance Magic
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Author : Gary Tomlinson
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1993
Music In Renaissance Magic written by Gary Tomlinson and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Magic enjoyed a vigorous revival in sixteenth-century Europe, attaining a prestige lost for over a millennium and becoming, for some, a kind of universal philosophy. Renaissance music also suggested a form of universal knowledge through renewed interest in two ancient themes: the Pythagorean and Platonic "harmony of the celestial spheres" and the legendary effects of the music of bards like Orpheus, Arion, and David. In this climate, Renaissance philosophers drew many new and provocative connections between music and the occult sciences. In Music in Renaissance Magic, Gary Tomlinson describes some of these connections and offers a fresh view of the development of early modern thought in Italy. Raising issues essential to postmodern historiography—issues of cultural distance and our relationship to the others who inhabit our constructions of the past —Tomlinson provides a rich store of ideas for students of early modern culture, for musicologists, and for historians of philosophy, science, and religion. "A scholarly step toward a goal that many composers have aimed for: to rescue the idea of New Age Music—that music can promote spiritual well-being—from the New Ageists who have reduced it to a level of sonic wallpaper."—Kyle Gann, Village Voice "An exemplary piece of musical and intellectual history, of interest to all students of the Renaissance as well as musicologists. . . . The author deserves congratulations for introducing this new approach to the study of Renaissance music."—Peter Burke, NOTES "Gary Tomlinson's Music in Renaissance Magic: Toward a Historiography of Others examines the 'otherness' of magical cosmology. . . . [A] passionate, eloquently melancholy, and important book."—Anne Lake Prescott, Studies in English Literature
The Secret Magic Of Music
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Author : Ida Lichter
language : en
Publisher: Select Books (NY)
Release Date : 2016
The Secret Magic Of Music written by Ida Lichter and has been published by Select Books (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Devotee of classical music and founding member of a chamber music festival explores the value and social function of classical music through the eyes of performing artists. A collection of interviews with conductors and performers of chamber music reveals musicians' insights into the hidden world of the emotional transformation from the music score to the listener"--
Magic Flutes And Enchanted Forests
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Author : David J. Buch
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Magic Flutes And Enchanted Forests written by David J. Buch and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Music categories.
Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenth-century musical theater and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them. David J. Buch reveals that despite—and perhaps even because of—their fundamental irrationality, fantastic and exotic themes acquired extraordinary force and popularity during the period, pervading theatrical works with music in the French, German, and Italian mainstream. Considering prominent compositions by Gluck, Rameau, and Haydn, as well as many seminal contributions by lesser-known artists, Buch locates the origins of these magical elements in such historical sources as ancient mythology, European fairy tales, the Arabian Nights, and the occult. He concludes with a brilliant excavation of the supernatural roots of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, building a new foundation for our understanding of the magical themes that proliferated in Mozart’s wake.
The Great Illusionists
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Author : Derek Tait
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2018-03-30
The Great Illusionists written by Derek Tait and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-30 with Performing Arts categories.
Houdini and beyond: a historic magical mystery tour of the great showmen who inspired the likes of David Blaine, Penn & Teller, and Siegfried & Roy. Today, Harry Houdini stands as the most famous illusionist and escape artist in history. But from the late nineteenth century to early twentieth century, magicians and escapologists who inspired—and were inspired by—Houdini packed vaudeville houses and local theaters across the globe. The Great Illusionists reveals the careers, lives, and sometimes shocking on-stage deaths of the greatest showmen to ever wow the world. In addition to the astounding accomplishments of Houdini, marvel at the feats of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, the “Father of Modern Conjuring”; the Davenport Brothers, music hall mediums and devotees of the Spiritualist movement; the “Dean of American Magicians” Harry Kellar; master illusionists, the Great Raymond, David Devant, the Great Lafayette, and Chung Ling Soo; the novelty performances of The Human Fly and Datas, “The Living Encyclopedia”; and many more. From vanishing acts and public seances to harrowing bullet-tricks and psychic wizardry, The Great Illusionists brings to life a unique history of entertainment.
The Session
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Author : Aaron Petrovich
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2007-04-01
The Session written by Aaron Petrovich and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Fiction categories.
Detectives Smith and Smith stumble upon a bizarre new religion while following the trail of a murdered mathematician's missing organs. Their investigation to discover the truth - about the mathematician, the mob of men and women who may have eaten him, and ultimately the nature of truth, sanity and identity - leads them into a lunatic asylum they may never leave.
The Music Behind The Magic
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Author : Steve Hochman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Music Behind The Magic written by Steve Hochman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Musicals categories.
Grand Illusion
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Author : Gabriela Cruz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
Grand Illusion written by Gabriela Cruz and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Music categories.
A new and groundbreaking historical narrative, Grand Illusion: Phantasmagoria in Nineteenth-Century Opera explores how technical innovations in Paris transformed the grand opera into a transcendent, dream-like audio-visual spectacle.
Magic Theatre I Children S Musical Revue
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Author : Saundra Mathews-Deacon
language : en
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Release Date : 1977-12
Magic Theatre I Children S Musical Revue written by Saundra Mathews-Deacon and has been published by Dramatic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-12 with Drama categories.