Avant-Garde theatre sound : staging sonic modernity

Author(s)

• Curtin, Adrian

Bibliographic Information

Avant-Garde theatre sound : staging sonic modernity

Adrian Curtin

（Avant-gardes in performance）

Palgrave Macmillan, c2014

• : softcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Sound of No Hands Clapping 1. The Acoustic Imaginary 2. Theatre Sound in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 3. Reinventing Language: Sense and Nonsense 4. Hearing Affectively: The Noise of Avant-Garde Performance Conclusion: A Resounding.

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Details

• NCID: BC05738554
• ISBN:
  • 9781349459063
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 260 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN2091.S6
  • DC23 : 792.02/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Theaters -- Sound effects
  • LCSH : Experimental theater -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Experimental theater -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Theater -- Production and direction
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB27672612