| Performing Music: Shared Concerns Contributor(s): Dunsby, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198166427 ISBN-13: 9780198166429 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $64.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: Performing Music: Shared Concerns is about various aspects of music-making that have not previously been considered together and in this accessible form. It deals with 'performance studies' as a coherent subject, exploring such issues as the ideas of anxiety and artistry, recent thought in musical literature, tensions between Romanticism and Modernism, and the sound and design of music. It is written in non-technical language in order that the lay reader may easily gain an insight into how performers think, and what they think about. It is performers who bring classical music to a worldwide public, and yet the public is largely unaware of what it feels like to perform music, what aspects of the activity are a mystery even to the musicians themselves, and which are amenable to scrutiny, experiment, and improvement. This book offers a sustained but compact argument in a rich and entertaining narrative. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Techniques - Music | Reference - Music | Instruction & Study - Theory |
| Dewey: 781.43 |
| LCCN: 96015445 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.4" W x 8.36" (0.33 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What does it feel like to perform music? Are there aspects of performance that remain mysterious even to the musicians themselves? What elements are open to scrutiny, experiment, and improvement? This book takes a stimulating look at dimensions of music-making that have not previously been considered together. Jonathan Dunsby deals with performance studies as a coherent subject, exploring such topics as the relationship between anxiety and artistry, tensions between Romanticism and Modernism, and the sound and design of music. Covering a number of intriguing issues in clear, non-technical language, Performing Music will provide the general reader with vivid insights into how performers think, and what they think about. |