(Ebook) The New Music Theater: Seeing the Voice, Hearing the Body by Eric Salzman, Thomas Desi ISBN 9780195099362, 9780199723218, 0195099362

(Ebook) The New Music Theater: Seeing the Voice, Hearing the Body by Eric Salzman, Thomas Desi ISBN 9780195099362, 9780199723218, 0195099362

Introduction: What is Music Theater?. Part I: Music in Music Theater. 1. The Voice. 2. Where the Sound Comes From. 3. The Music. Entr'acte I: Is there such a thing as progress in music and music theater?. Part II: Theater in Music Theater. 4. Theater, Music, and Culture. 5. Text. Entr'acte II: The Language of Kathakali. 6. Visual Strategies. 7. Space. Entr'acte III: A Theater of Warm Bodies?. Part III: Putting it all together: La Mise en Scene. 8. The American Eccentrics. 9. Germany and Austria. 10. The Italians. Entr'acte IV: The In Between. 11. Music Theater in France. 12. Great Britain and. Content: Music in music theater. The voice ; Where the sound comes from ; Entr'acte I : Is there such a thing as progress in opera or music theater? ; The music -- Theater in music theater. Cultural narratives and performance institutions ; Entr'acte II : A woman's earring, a diamond necklace, a knee, a yogi in meditation, drawing, a Mahout looking after an elephant: the language of Kathakali ; Text ; Visual strategies ; Space ; Entr'acte III : A theater of warm bodies? -- Putting it all together : la mise en scène. The American eccentrics ; Music theater as musiktheater ; From the homeland : teatro musicale ; Théâtre musical ; Music theater in Northern Europe ; Entr'acte IV : The art form that never happened ; Downtown ; Minimalism and music theater ; The show must go on ; The art of the in-between ; Extended voice ; New media and music theater ; Entr'acte V: And how did you like it? -- After the show : taking it apart. Toward a theory of the new music theater ; Notation versus improvisation? ; Popular or high art? ; Is anyone listening? Abstract: Introduction: What is Music Theater?. Part I: Music in Music Theater. 1. The Voice. 2. Where the Sound Comes From. 3. The Music. Entr'acte I: Is there such a thing as progress in music and music theater?. Part II: Theater in Music Theater. 4. Theater, Music, and Culture. 5. Text. Entr'acte II: The Language of Kathakali. 6. Visual Strategies. 7. Space. Entr'acte III: A Theater of Warm Bodies?. Part III: Putting it all together: La Mise en Scene. 8. The American Eccentrics. 9. Germany and Austria. 10. The Italians. Entr'acte IV: The In Between. 11. Music Theater in France. 12. Great Britain and