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The new music theater : seeing the voice, hearing the body / Eric Salzman and Thomas Desi.

By: Salzman, EricContributor(s): Dézsy, Thomas, 1967-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: p. cmISBN: 9780195099362 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Music theater -- 20th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 792.6 LOC classification: ML1706 | .S26 2008
Contents:
Music in music theater. The voice ; Where the sound comes from ; Entr'acte I : Is there such a thing as progress in opera or music theater? ; The music Theater in music theater. Cultural narratives & performance institutions ; Entr'acte II : A woman's earring, a diamond necklace, a knee, a yogi in meditation, drawing, a Mahout looking after an elephant: the language of Kathakali ; Text ; Visual strategies ; Space ; Entr'acte III : A theater of warm bodies? Putting it all together : la mise en scène. The American eccentrics ; Music theater in Germany & Austria ; The Italians ; Music theater in France ; Northern Europe ; Entr'acte IV : If it goes on like this will I get tinnitus? ; Downtown ; Minimalism & music theater ; The show must go on ; The art of the in between ; Extended voice ; Media & music theater ; Entr'acte V: And how did you like it? After the show : taking it apart. Toward a theory of the new music theater ; Notation vs. improvisation? ; Popular or high art? ; Is anyone listening?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Music in music theater. The voice ; Where the sound comes from ; Entr'acte I : Is there such a thing as progress in opera or music theater? ; The music Theater in music theater. Cultural narratives & performance institutions ; Entr'acte II : A woman's earring, a diamond necklace, a knee, a yogi in meditation, drawing, a Mahout looking after an elephant: the language of Kathakali ; Text ; Visual strategies ; Space ; Entr'acte III : A theater of warm bodies? Putting it all together : la mise en scène. The American eccentrics ; Music theater in Germany & Austria ; The Italians ; Music theater in France ; Northern Europe ; Entr'acte IV : If it goes on like this will I get tinnitus? ; Downtown ; Minimalism & music theater ; The show must go on ; The art of the in between ; Extended voice ; Media & music theater ; Entr'acte V: And how did you like it? After the show : taking it apart. Toward a theory of the new music theater ; Notation vs. improvisation? ; Popular or high art? ; Is anyone listening?

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