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Gestural Temporality In Sciarrino’S Recitativo, Antares L. Boyle
Gestural Temporality In Sciarrino’S Recitativo, Antares L. Boyle
School of Music + Theater Faculty Publications and Presentations
Sciarrino’s writings describe a compositional philosophy that prizes multidimensionality and spatiotemporal discontinuity (1998, 2004). Yet his simultaneous allegiance to teleology, holism, and fractal hierarchies reveals an underlying unifying organicism with which these qualities may initially seem to conflict. I take Sciarrino’s 1999 piano concerto Recitativo oscuro as a case study for examining the composer’s gestural organicism and its various contradictions and double meanings. First, close analysis of the opening piano solo demonstrates how seemingly contradictory aesthetic priorities—organic unity and temporal multiplicity—co-exist within a single passage. Drawing from Kramer’s (1988) concept of “gestural time,” Hatten’s (2004) theory of gesture, segmentation theories, …
Claude V. Palisca As Music Educator: The Yale Seminar On Music Education And The Norton Anthology Of Western Music, Jelena Dj. Simonović Schiff, Jere T. Humphreys
Claude V. Palisca As Music Educator: The Yale Seminar On Music Education And The Norton Anthology Of Western Music, Jelena Dj. Simonović Schiff, Jere T. Humphreys
School of Music + Theater Faculty Publications and Presentations
Claude V. Palisca (1921–2001) was a prominent American musicologist and music educator. He authored books and articles about Renaissance and Baroque music theory and developments in musicology, but is most widely known as the founder and first editor of the Norton Anthology of Western Music (NAWM) and coauthor of A History of Western Music, the two music history textbooks that are still in use in classrooms worldwide. In this article, we trace Palisca’s first idea of the NAWM’s structure, content, and purpose through his writings and activities between the 1950s and late 1970s. The central part …
Entrepreneurship And Pr Skills For Music Students, Tomás Cotik
Entrepreneurship And Pr Skills For Music Students, Tomás Cotik
School of Music + Theater Faculty Publications and Presentations
In a successful ensemble, not only do musicians need to spendcountless hours mastering their instruments and improving their ensemble playing, they also need to be entrepreneurial, media savvy, and their own managers and promoters—in otherwords, able to deal with a variety of non-musical endeavors.
Developing A Natural And Relaxed Approach To String Playing - Part 2, Tomás Cotik
Developing A Natural And Relaxed Approach To String Playing - Part 2, Tomás Cotik
School of Music + Theater Faculty Publications and Presentations
Portland State University professor Dr Tomas Cotik gives an introduction to kinesthetic feelings and demonstrates techniques and exercises
Developing A Natural And Relaxed Approach To String Playing - Part 1, Tomás Cotik
Developing A Natural And Relaxed Approach To String Playing - Part 1, Tomás Cotik
School of Music + Theater Faculty Publications and Presentations
Portland State University professor Dr Tomas Cotik gives an introduction to kinesthetic feelings and demonstrates techniques and exercises.
Mastering Up-Bow And Down-Bow Staccato, Tomás Cotik
Mastering Up-Bow And Down-Bow Staccato, Tomás Cotik
School of Music + Theater Faculty Publications and Presentations
Dr Tomas Cotik gives an introduction to the bow stroke and demonstrates techniques and exercises.
Elements Of Alexander Technique: Discovering A Natural Approach To String Playing, Tomás Cotik
Elements Of Alexander Technique: Discovering A Natural Approach To String Playing, Tomás Cotik
School of Music + Theater Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article covers a wide array of techniques and simple ways in which performers of all levels can achieve a more natural approach to instrumental playing by improving ease and freedom of movement. Practicing these exercises will refine and heighten kinesthetic sensitivity offering the performer a control which is fluid and lively, enhancing performance and helping avoid unnecessary tension, pain, and potential injuries.
Sex And Laughter In Women's Music, 1970-77, Sarah Dougher
Sex And Laughter In Women's Music, 1970-77, Sarah Dougher
University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
The women's music movement of the early 1970's was created by and for women who came to political consciousness as a result of the women's liberation movement. The music culture that emerged was originally called "lesbian music", but later gained the less controversial descriptor "women's music". Outside of this music movement music produced during this period rarely made explicit links with emerging feminist consciousness.What differentiated "women's music" from other music made by women of the period was its lesbian focus (in both lyrics and performance contexts). Women's music was created for a lesbian audience to describe lesbian experiences and desires. …