Body and Force in Music
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-52060-1 (ISBN)
Youn Kim obtained her PhD in music theory from Columbia University and is currently Associate Professor of Music at The University of Hong Kong. Kim’s previous publications include a monograph History of Western Music Theory (2006) and articles in Journal of Musicology, Psychology of Music, and Journal of Musicological Research, among others. She also co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Body (2019) and co-authored several articles published in Scientific Reports and PLOS One.
Introduction
The human body and musical instruments
Conceptual dimension of metaphoric construction
Force and agency
"Body and force" and "body versus force"
The discursive space and disciplinary identity of music psychology
Metaphors as shorthand for music psychology
Roadmap
Historicizing music psychology
Chapter 1. The Musicking Body-machine
Music, machine, and the body
The emergence of the "human motor" model
Rhythm: "an inevitable corollary from the persistence of forces"
Psychological studies in the era of rhythm
Musical rhythm and labor
Rhythm in the "body culture"
The "irrational," continuous rhythm
Rhythm and the piano-playing body
Concluding remarks
Chapter 2. "A Force of Nature": Tracing Voice
Animal, machine, and voice
Speech theory of music
Voice, the body machine, and the issue of agency
Voice as both object and subject
Voice of the "primitive" soul
Recorded Voice
"Dragging movement"
"How the voice looks"
Concluding remarks
Chapter 3. Motion, Force, and "Rhythm Form"
The "‘co-working of motion’ with one’s own will"
Piano theories
Motion in piano playing
Force and the will
The will, physiology, and piano-playing
Force and posture
Action–perception coupling at the turn of the twentieth century
"Rhythmic massing"
Concluding remarks
Chapter 4. Minding Gaps and Musical Energy
The ball analogy
The human motor capable of locomotion
Capturing the musicking body
Music as streams of energy
Gliding between tones
The agency of motion
Revisiting the ball analogy
Music as motion across disciplines and times
Concluding remarks
Chapter 5. Force at a Distance
Force acting at a distance
In the words of amateur pianists and psychologists
Force affecting the audience
The metaphor of vibratory waves in psychology
Force at a distance and The power of sound
"Brain waves" in communication
Inhibition and waves in music psychology
The vibratory energy of music
"Sympathetic oscillation"
Concluding remarks
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music |
| Zusatzinfo | 45 Halftones, black and white; 45 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-52060-5 / 0367520605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-52060-1 / 9780367520601 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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