Music and Sound in European Theatre by Roesner, David; Quick, Tamara Yasmin;

Short description:

The need for a research volume on European theatre music and sound is almost self-evident.

Long description:

The need for a research volume on European theatre music and sound is almost self-evident.

Musical and sonic practices have been an integral part of theatre ever since the artform was first established 2,500 years ago: not just in subsequent genres that are explicitly driven by music, such as opera, operetta, ballet, or musical theatre, but in all kinds of theatrical forms and conventions. Conversely, academic recognition of the role of theatre music, its aesthetics, creative processes, authorships, traditions, and innovations is still insufficient. This volume unites experts from different disciplines and backgrounds to make a significant contribution to the much-needed discourse on theatre music. The term itself is a shapeshifter that signifies different phenomena at different times: the book thus deliberately casts a wide net to explore both the highly contextual terminologies and the many ways in which different times and cultures understand ?theatre music?. By treating theatre music as a practice, focusing on its role in creating and watching performances, the book appeals to a wide range of readerships: researchers and students of all levels, journalists, audiences, and practitioners.

It will be useful to universities and conservatoires alike and relevant for many disciplines in the humanities.

Table of Contents:

Part 1 Setting the Scene  1. What Is Theatre Music?  2. More Connecting Than Dividing Features? On Historical Precedents of Contemporary Theatre Music  Part 2 Theatre Music and Musical Heritages in Transition  3. ?For Your Time Draweth Fast, If Ye Will Saved Be?: Ephemerality, Materiality, and the Challenges of Archiving the Theatre Music of the Play Jedermann  4. Kilam as Theatre Music in Kurdish Theatre in Turkey  5. Ways of Listening: Maqam Music on the Contemporary Stage  6. Mixtape Dramaturgy: The Case of Jan Klata  Part 3 Theatre Music and/as Performance  7. Theatre Music as Theatrical Scene: Reflections on a ?Disciplinary Dilemma?  8. Staging (Theatre) Music Reception: Voicing Unacoustics in Sophocles? Trackers  9. More Than Unseen Sounds: Foley on Stage. Performing Live Sound Effects as Musico-Theatrical Practice  Part 4 Theatre Music and/as Experience  10. Overwhelmed by Sound? Staged Effects of Sound and Music on the Audience  11. The Tempest (2016) at the Royal Shakespeare Company: Music and Sound in a Literary Theatre  12. At the Interface of ?Theatre Music? and ?Music Theatre?: Monika Roscher?s Music for Ulrich Rasche?s Stagings in the Mirror of Reviews  13. The Relationship between Storytelling and Sound Experience in Theatre for Young Audiences  Part 5 Theatre Music Between and Beyond Genres  14. Performance Worlds? Reflections on Music Theatre Scenes Formerly Called Diegetic  15. Inside Yellow Sound and the Vibrations of the Audience?s Soul  16. Narrating Exilic Stories Through Composed Atmospheres: A Cognitive-Narratological Investigation of Music and Dance in Singuli?re Odyss