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Composing music in the silent body

<p> This thesis explores holistic approaches to the performing body. Beginning with the inner world of sensation, I discuss Anna Halprin&rsquo;s use of emotional geography and associative scoring in her community rituals. In Lawrence &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Morris&rsquo; Conductions, I consider the body as score. And in an analysis of Sophia Gubaidulina&rsquo;s symphony Stimmen&hellip; Verstummen&hellip;, I describe the use of gesture as it is functions to frame the body as a symbol of transformation. I then describe the affect of these representative methods of composing for the performing body as they manifest in own work, using specific examples from (de)attachment for saxophone quartet.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:1589453
Date13 June 2015
CreatorsHerndon, Julie
PublisherMills College
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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