Storytelling in Jazz and Musicality in Theatre

This book focuses on two examples of conceptual mirror reflexivity: narrativity in jazz music and musicality in spoken theatre. It will atract scholars of music and theatre, intermedial studies, cognitive linguistics, arts theory, communication theory, and cultural studies.

Art forms tend to mirror themselves in each other. In order to understand literature and fine arts better, we often turn to music, speaking of the 'tone' in a book and of the 'rhythm' in a painting. In attempts to understand music better, we turn instead to the narrative arts, speaking of the 'story' of a musical piece. This book focuses on two examples of such conceptual mirror reflexivity: narrativity in jazz music and musicality in spoken theatre. These intermedial metaphors are shown to be significant to the practice and reflection of performing artists through their ability to mediate holistic views of what is considered to be of crucial importance in artistic practice, analysis, and education. This exploration opens up possibilities for new theoretical and practical insights with regard to how the borderland between temporal art forms can be conceptualized. The book will be of interest not only to scholars of music and theatre, but also to those who work in the fields of aesthetics, intermedial studies, cognitive linguistics, arts theory, communication theory, and cultural studies.

Autorentext

Sven Bjerstedt is a jazz pianist, PhD and Reader (Docent) in Music Education Research, Editor of the Swedish Journal of Music Research, and Senior Lecturer in Music at Malmö Theatre Academy, Lund University.

Klappentext

This book focuses on two examples of conceptual mirror reflexivity: narrativity in jazz music and musicality in spoken theatre. It will atract scholars of music and theatre, intermedial studies, cognitive linguistics, arts theory, communication theory, and cultural studies.

Inhalt

Part I. Intermedial Metaphor in the Arts

Chapter 1. Metaphoricity in Arts Discourse

Part II. Musical Storytelling

Chapter 2. Storytelling in Jazz: A Conceptual Challenge

Chapter 3. A History of Jazz Writings

Chapter 4. Interviews with Jazz Improvisers

Chapter 5. Storytelling in Jazz Improvisation: Conclusions

Part III. Theatrical Musicality

Chapter 6. Musicality in Spoken Theatre: A Conceptual Challenge

Chapter 7. A History of Theatre Writings

Chapter 8. Interviews with Actors

Chapter 9. Musicality in Spoken Theatre: Conclusions

Part IV. Through the Mirror

Chapter 10. Intermedial Conceptual Loans