Choral conducting and the construction of meaning : gesture, voice, identity / Liz Garnett

Author: Garnett, Liz, 1970-
Published: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)

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Contents

Introduction: Choral conducting in context -- How to study conducting : model, method, metalanguage. How do people think about conducting? ; From ethnography to peer research ; How to write about conducting -- Choral singing and enculturation. Defining choral culture : what counts as choral? ; Creating choral culture : the dos and don'ts ; Maintaining choral culture : policing the boundaries -- Conducting gesture and musical thought. Different styles, different gestures ; Different styles, common ground ; Metaphoric gesture and embodied musical meaning ; Spontaneous gesture and the ensemble -- The conductor-choir bond. Monkey see, monkey do ; Making use of the conductor-choir bond ; Conclusion.

Subject(s)

Choral conducting

ISBN

9780754663799 (hardback : alk. paper)
0754663795 (hardback : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-219) and index.

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