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Boccherinis Body An Essay in Carnal Musicology

by Le Guin, Elisabeth
Boccherinis Body An Essay in Carnal Musicology

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ISBN13: 9780520240179
ISBN10: 0520240170



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"Boccheriniand#8217;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."and#151;John Butt, author of Playing With History

"Virtuoso writing by a professional performer, this book unites history, biography, cultural studies, and a physically-lived sense of Boccherini's music. It is a work of unusual scholarly imagination; not only does it bring an under-studied body of music to light, but it also introduces new ways to think about performance in historical context."and#151;Mary Hunter, author of the Culture of Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna

"Le Guin's book is an adventure in new forms of musical analysis, with a beguilingly passionate, yet rigorous style of philosophical introspection. Her book explodes old analytical paradigms, attending to the technologies and erotics of musical performance in ways some have wanted to do but none have achieved as Le Guin has. This book will catapult Le Guin to stardom."and#151;Martha Feldman, author of City Culture and the Madrigal at Venice

Synopsis

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 musicand#151;its virtuosity, repetitiveness, obsessively nuanced dynamics, delicate sonorities, and rich palette of melancholy affectsand#151;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.

About the Author

Elisabeth Le Guin is Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an internationally respected Baroque cellist.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Music Examples

CD Playlist

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. and#147;Cello-and-Bow Thinkingand#8221;: The First Movement of Boccheriniand#8217;s Cello Sonata in E Major, G. 566

2. and#147;As My Works Show Me to Beand#8221;: Biographical

3. Gestures and Tableaux

4. Virtuosity, Virtuality, Virtue

5. A Melancholy Anatomy

6. and#147;It Is All Cloth of the Same Pieceand#8221;: The Early String Quartets

7. The Perfect Listener: A Re-creation

Appendix: Chronological Table of String Quartets

Notes

Bibliography

Index


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ISBN:
9780520240179
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
11/09/2005
Publisher:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Pages:
376
Height:
1.24IN
Width:
6.42IN
Thickness:
1.3 in.
LCCN:
2005023224
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2006
UPC Code:
2147483647
Author:
Elisabeth Le Guin
Subject:
Music - Interpretat
Subject:
Boccherini, Luigi -
Subject:
Interpretation (phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Subject:
Music-Individual Composer and Musician
Subject:
Music

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