A theory of virtual agency for Western art music / Robert S. Hatten.

Author/creator Hatten, Robert S.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [ 2018]
Descriptionx, 326 pages : music ; 25 cm
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Subjects

SeriesMusical meaning and interpretation
Musical meaning and interpretation. ^A589150
Contents Introduction -- Prelude: from gesture to virtual agency -- Foundations for a theory of agency -- Virtual environmental forces and gestural energies: actants as agential -- Virtual embodiment: from actants to virtual human agents -- Virtual identity and actorial continuity -- Interlude I: from embodiment to subjectivity -- Staging virtual subjectivity -- Virtual subjectivity and aesthetically warranted emotions -- Staging virtual narrative agency -- Performing agency -- An integrative agential interpretation of Chopin's Ballade in F minor, op. 52 -- Interlude II: hearing agency: a complex cognitive task -- Other perspectives on virtual agency -- Postlude.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and indexes.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018021852
ISBN9780253037978 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN9780253037985 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBNe-book