Author:
Alcantara, Pedro de, 1958-
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Descriptionxv, 290 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note:Words, sounds, gestures -- Prosody, or The secrets of rhythm -- The grid: a life principle -- The metric grid -- Coincidence: intention and gesture -- Rhythmic solfege -- The metronome and the rubato -- Superbar structures -- Opposing the grid -- Patterning and sequencing -- Connection and flow: first principles -- The juggler: a cello lesson -- Object wisdom: an oboe lesson -- Body, breath, vibration, text: a voice lesson -- The quadrupedal prosodist: a piano lesson -- The harmonic series -- The harmonic series and the voice -- The messa di voce: virtuosity of contact -- Practicing the messa di voce -- Improvisation: a lifestyle.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-276) and index.
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