Does an opera producer do anything besides tell the singers where to stand? Can a single note be played more or less beautifully on the piano? In these essays, five of our most accomplished artists and critics explore the relationship between technique and interpretation in the performing arts. Tom Stoppard considers ways of controlling how an audience gets information while watching a play, and Charles Rosen reflects on the very physical relationship between the musician and the instrument. Jonathan Miller describes ways of restoring dramatic motivation to some of our best-loved operas. Garry Wills argues that the collaborative and commercial pressures of filmmaking have produced some of our greatest cinematic achievements, and Geoffrey O’Brien looks at how hip audiences in the Nineties have rediscovered Sixties pop music icon Burt Bacharach. Witty, trenchant, often surprising, and always insightful, this collection is essential reading for all devotees of theatrical, musical, and film performance.
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I AM SPEAKING here under the rubric "Technique and Interpretation in the Performing Arts," and if there were ever a title dreamed up to strike me dumb, this one verges on inspiration. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Hal David, The Magic Flute, Evelyn Waugh, The Birthday Party, Being Earnest, New York Public Library, Next Time I'll Sing, Queen of the Night, Southern California, Toru Takemitsu New!
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I AM SPEAKING here under the rubric "Technique and Interpretation in the Performing Arts," and if there were ever a title dreamed up to strike me dumb, this one verges on inspiration. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
natural tuning, equal temperament Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Hal David, The Magic Flute, Evelyn Waugh, The Birthday Party, Being Earnest, New York Public Library, Next Time I'll Sing, Queen of the Night, Southern California, Toru Takemitsu New!
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- The Magic Flute (The Black Dog Opera Library) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on page 60, and page 61
- Der Rosenkavalier: English National Opera Guide 8 (English National Opera Guides) by R. Strauss on page 67, and page 68
- What the World Needs Now by Hal david on page 101
- Citizen Kane (Screenplay) by Orson Welles on page 77
- Three Essays on Style by Erwin Panofsky on page 71
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