David Roesner

Gebundenes Buch

Musicality in Theatre

Music as Model, Method and Metaphor in Theatre-Making

Beschreibung

Music continues to be immensely influential in key developments of theatrical practices. In this study of musicality in the theatre, David Roesner offers a revised view of the nature of the relationship between music and theatre. The theoretical scope of the book is developed from a wide range of case studies, some of which are re-readings of the classics of theatre history (Appia, Meyerhold, Artaud, Beckett), while others introduce or rediscover less-discussed practitioners such as Joe Chaikin, Thomas Bernhard, Elfriede Jelinek, Michael Thalheimer and Karin Beier.

Autor

David Roesner is a Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitãt, Munich, and co-director of the European Theatre Research Network. In 2007 he won the Thurnau Award for Music-Theatre Studies for his article 'The politics of the polyphony of performance'. Recent publications include Theatre Noise (with Lynne Kendrick, 2011) and Composed Theatre (with Matthias Rebstock, 2012).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9781409461012
• ISBN-10: 1409461017
• Artikelnr.: 44708839

Rezensionen

'This is the first book to chart the history of the musicalization of theatre comprehensively in relation to writers, directors, scenographers, and performers, and it does so with great clarity and authority. ... this book will secure a lasting place not only as a stimulating counter-history of twentieth-century theatre, but also as provocation to rethink the ontology of theatre itself, and the meaning of musicality.'

Music and Letters

'Musicality in Theatre will serve as an important source for future studies in musical-theatrical intermediality...'

Contemporary Theatre Review