Deepening Musical Performance Through Movement: The Theory and Practice of Embodied Interpretation by Alexandra Pierce
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(Hardcover - New Edition)
- Pub. Date: November 2007
- 248pp
- Sales Rank: 483,556
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- Pub. Date: November 2007
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Format: Hardcover, 248pp
- Sales Rank: 483,556
- Series: Musical Meaning and Interpretation
- ISBN-13: 9780253349330
- ISBN: 0253349338
- Edition Description: New Edition
Synopsis
Alexandra Pierce helps musicians gain a richer understanding of music through the use of the body and gesture. She asserts that expression of character and affect in music corresponds to expression of character and affect in physical gesture. She seeks to answer the question, "What is vitality in music?" and to find answers that contribute to hearing and performing this core quality of music and that can be integrated into the daily practice of a musician. Pierce's approach is to isolate and explore through movement such elements of music as melody, beat, and structural levels. Short narratives that illustrate how performance practice problems can be approached and solved are scattered throughout the book.
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Offering a great deal more than superficial activities . . . and simple diagnosis of performance injuries . . . this book brings all aspects of music to life via kinesthetic understanding. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended.
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Alexandra Pierce is a pianist, composer, music theorist, movement educator, and Professor of Music and Movement, Emerita Research Professor at the University of Redlands, California. She has co-authored two books on enhancing human movement in daily life, sports, and the performing arts. She is a member of Moving Voices, an ensemble that performs poetry with movement and music.
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