{"product_id":"singers-scores-and-sounds-9781032267487","title":"Singers Scores and Sounds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book develops ways of discussing musical practices to articulate a new approach to understanding connections between recordings, singers, and singing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentred around materials from the mid-twentieth century, this book focuses on a time when composers and performers were questioning the idea of authorship within their musical practice. Materials drawn upon include recordings, scores, archival content, visual art, interviews, and liner notes to develop a rich conception of practices of performance. Analysis of performances include recordings of singers such as Cathy Berberian, Linda Hirst, Loré Lixenberg, Angelika Luz, and Meredith Monk. Compositions by Cathy Berberian, Luciano Berio, John Cage, and Manuel De Falla are considered. The book utilizes these sources to examine the collective way in which singers and composers form practices as multiple, transforming, emergent, and not hierarchical. The book articulates  with a detailed, close consideration of specific i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction 2. Performing Transformations (a risky approach) 3. Transforming Black Square 4. Transforming Fictions 5. Transforming scores, stable performances: Cathy Berberian, \u003ci\u003eStripsody\u003c\/i\u003e and Pop art. 6. Transforming analytical assumptions: What is \u003ci\u003eSequenza III\u003c\/i\u003e? 7. Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018936025431,"sku":"9781032267487","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032267487.jpg?v=1750778737","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/singers-scores-and-sounds-9781032267487","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}