Contemporary Musical Virtuosities [Hardcover]

1.Contemporary musical virtuosities 2. Virtue restored, virtue shared 3. Virtuosity, pleasure and violence 4. Songman? Considering virtuosity and Noongar song revitalisation 5. Virtuosity of the Self: Investigating how the disabled dancer develops singular virtuosity 6. Virtuosities of the native alien 7. The practice of social virtuosity 8. On The New Virtuosity Manifesto 9. Virtuosity and the Commons 10. Moving for machines: How performing with sensors results in a new virtuosity 11. Developing gestural virtuosity for electronic music 12. Always preparing for spontaneity 13. Virtuosity, post-instrumental practice, and collapse: A correspondence 14. Skills and sensitivities: Designing collaborative site-specific soundworks 15.Rrrrreaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrghhhhh!!!!: Evolving vocal virtuosity in extreme metal 16. The interrogation of instrumental technology in Liza Lim's Invisibility

Contemporary notions of musical virtuosity redevelop historic concepts and demonstrate that our present understanding of virtuosity in western art music has shifted from what seemed, for a time, to be a relatively clear and stable definition. In the field and the academy, lively debates around the definition and/or value of virtuosity have always elicited strong and varied ideas. In the twenty-first century, frictions have emerged between traditional definitions of virtuosity and contemporary practices that emphasise collaboration and blur roles between performers, composers, and improvisers. Contemporary Musical Virtuosities embraces the evolving processes, practitioners, and presentation models within twenty-first century art music.

This edited collection explores recent insights into the experience and role of virtuosity in different contexts, via contributions from an intergenerational group of artists, academics, and artist-academics. Their writing highlights current themes in contl��