In this elegant study of the works of the undeservedly neglected composer Luigi Boccherini, Elisabeth Le Guin uses knowledge gleaned from her own playing of the cello as the keystone of her original approach to the relationship between music and embodiment. In analyzing the striking qualities of Boccherini's music--its virtuosity, repetitiveness, obsessively nuanced dynamics, delicate sonorities, and rich palette of melancholy affects--Le Guin develops a historicized critical method based on the embodied experience of the performer. In the process, she redefines the temperament of the musical Enlightenment as one characterized by urgent, volatile inquiries into the nature of the self. A CD of sound examples, performed by the author and her string quartet, is included with the book.
Table of contents:
List of Illustrations
List of Music Examples
CD Playlist
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. "Cello-and-Bow Thinking": The First Movement of Boccherini's Cello Sonata in E Major, G. 566
2. "As My Works Show Me to Be": Biographical
3. Gestures and Tableaux
4. Virtuosity, Virtuality, Virtue
5. A Melancholy Anatomy
6. "It Is All Cloth of the Same Piece": The Early String Quartets
7. The Perfect Listener: A Re-creation
Appendix: Chronological Table of String Quartets
Notes
Bibliography
Index
"Boccherini's Body is extremely important, both for its new directions and for its unique combination of interests. It offers a considerable amount of little-known material, and does so daringly and skillfully. Le Guin is a joy to read."--John Butt, author of Playing With History
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Table of contents:
List of Illustrations
List of Music Examples
CD Playlist
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. "Cello-and-Bow Thinking": The First Movement of Boccherini's Cello Sonata in E Major, G. 566
2. "As My Works Show Me to Be": Biographical
3. Gestures and Tableaux
4. Virtuosity, Virtuality, Virtue
5. A Melancholy Anatomy
6. "It Is All Cloth of the Same Piece": The Early String Quartets
7. The Perfect Listener: A Re-creation
Appendix: Chronological Table of String Quartets
Notes
Bibliography
Index
"Boccherini's Body is extremely important, both for its new directions and for its unique combination of interests. It offers a considerable amount of little-known material, and does so daringly and skillfully. Le Guin is a joy to read."--John Butt, author of Playing With History
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.