Izabela Wagner

Producing Excellence

The Making of Virtuosos

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Driven by a passion for music, for excellence, and for fame, violin soloists are immersed from early childhood in high-pressure competitions, regular public appearances, and arduous daily practice. An in-depth study of nearly one hundred such children, Producing Excellence illuminates the process these young violinists undergo to become elite international soloists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780813570051
• ISBN-10: 0813570050
• Artikelnr.: 42741979

Autorenporträt

Wagner, Izabela

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Prelude—Scandal on the Stage
1          A Short History of the Virtuoso Profession
2          Before Entering Soloist Class: Early Socialization of Soloist
Students
3          Triad Collaboration: First Stage of Soloist Education
4          Crisis and Career Coupling: The Second Stage of Soloist
Education
5          Entrance into Adult Career: The Third Stage of Soloist Education
6          The Soloist Class Students’ Careers
Conclusion: Career Coupling and Nothing New in the Soloist World
Appendix        Difficulties and Limits: Some Methodological Aspects about
Attachment and Distance within Ethnographic Work
Notes
References
Index