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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “gianmario borio”
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  • The Mediations of Music

    Critical Approaches after Adorno

    Edited by Gianmario Borio ...
    Series series Musical Cultures of the Twentieth Century
    Adorno believed that a circular relationship was established between immediacy and mediation. Should we now say that this model with its clear Hegelian influence is outdated? Or does it need some theoretical integration? This volume addresses these questions by covering the performance of music, its technological reproduction and its modes of communication – in particular, pedagogy and ... Read more

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  • Musical Improvisation and Open Forms in the Age of Beethoven

    Edited by Gianmario Borio, Angela Carone ...
    Improvisation was a crucial aspect of musical life in Europe from the late eighteenth century through to the middle of the nineteenth, representing a central moment in both public occasions and the private lives of many artists. Composers dedicated themselves to this practice at length while formulating the musical ideas later found at the core of their published works; improvisation was thus ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Investigating Musical Performance

    Theoretical Models and Intersections

    Edited by Gianmario Borio, Giovanni Giuriati, Alessandro Cecchi, Marco Lutzu ...
    Series series Musical Cultures of the Twentieth Century
    Investigating Musical Performance considers the wide range of perspectives on musical performance made tangible by the cross-disciplinary studies of the last decades and encourages a comparison and revision of theoretical and analytical paradigms. The chapters present different approaches to this multi-layered phenomenon, including the results of significant research projects. The complex nature ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Musical Listening in the Age of Technological Reproduction

    Edited by Gianmario Borio ...
    Series series Musical Cultures of the Twentieth Century
    It is undeniable that technology has made a tangible impact on the nature of musical listening. The new media have changed our relationship with music in a myriad of ways, not least because the experience of listening can now be prolonged at will and repeated at any time and in any space. Moreover, among the more striking social phenomena ushered in by the technological revolution, one cannot fail ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

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  • Francisco Tárrega: The Story of Capricho Árabe

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