Seeing voices : analyzing sign language music /
"We often think of music in terms of sounds intentionally organized into patterns, but music performed in signed languages poses considerable challenges to this fundamental definition. How can we analyze and understand sign language music? And what can sign language music tell us about how huma...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in music theory.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "We often think of music in terms of sounds intentionally organized into patterns, but music performed in signed languages poses considerable challenges to this fundamental definition. How can we analyze and understand sign language music? And what can sign language music tell us about how humans engage with music more broadly? Seeing Voices argues that music is best understood as culturally defined, intentionally organized movement, rather than organized sound. This redefinition of music means that sign language music, rather than being peripheral or marginal to histories and theories about music, is in fact central and crucial to our understanding of all musical expression and perception. Sign language music teaches us a great deal about how, when, and why movement becomes musical in a cultural context, and urges us to think about music as a multisensory experience that goes beyond the sense of hearing. Using a blend of tools from music theory, cognitive science, musicology, and ethnography, this book examines the history, cultural context, and analysis of a wide variety of genres of sign language music. It aims to center the musical experience and knowledge of Deaf persons, to bring the long and rich history of sign language music to the attention of music scholars and lovers, and to challenge the notion that music is transmitted exclusively from the hearing to the Deaf. Finally, Seeing Voices proposes that voice, rhythm, melody, and emotion are properties of music that are resilient across visual, kinesthetic, and aural modalities"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages) : illustrations, music. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197602003 0197602002 9780197602010 0197602010 0197601995 9780197602027 0197602029 9780197601990 |