The New Music Theater: Seeing the Voice, Hearing the Body

by Eric Salzman and Thomas Desi

Alternatives to grand opera and the popular musical can be traced at least as far back as the 1912 premiere of Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire." Yet this ongoing history has never been properly sorted out, its complex ideas and philosophy as well as musical and theatrical achievements never brought fully to light. The New Music Theater is the first comprehensive attempt in English to cover this still-emerging art form in its widest range. This book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195099362
• ISBN13: 9780195099362
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"