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Music in context(s): the conductor as curator
Description
This research paper examines the close relationships between the visual arts and music and the implications of curatorial practice upon the work of conductors. While some conductors consider suitability the prime (or only) factor in determining which music to perform, curators use many more criteria. Five elements of exhibition design are particularly germane to musicians including setting, subject matter, visual weight, compositional direction, and narrative. Each of these five elements is discussed in terms of its impact on concert design with a goal of providing additional criteria to the conductor when planning concerts. Three concert experiences, designed with these principles in mind, are presented as examples. Upon consideration of the elements of exhibition design separately and corporately, one arrives at a new appreciation of the concert as a unified experience--capable of being much more than the sum of its parts. The aim of effective concert design is to eliminate unintentional communication--to present music in the most complimentary manner possible. To this end, this study has implications for conductors at all levels.
Date Created
2012
Contributors
- Houghtalen, Brandon (Author)
- Hill, Gary W. (Thesis advisor)
- Bailey, Wayne A (Committee member)
- Ericson, John Q (Committee member)
- Feisst, Sabine M (Committee member)
- Russell, Timothy W (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Genre
Extent
vii, [67] p. : ill
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14748
Statement of Responsibility
by Brandon Houghtalen
Description Source
Viewed on August 21, 2013
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: D.M.A., Arizona State University, 2012
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Music (Conducting)
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- 2012-08-24 06:21:23
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- 2021-08-30 01:47:32
- 2 years 8 months ago
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