Overview
Much music was written for the two most important dances of the 18th and 19th centuries, the minuet and the waltz. In Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz, Eric McKee argues that to better understand the musical structures and expressive meanings of this dance music, one must be aware of the social contexts and bodily rhythms of the social dances upon which it is based. McKee approaches dance music as a component of a multimedia art form that involves the interaction of physical motion, music, architecture, and dress.
Full Product Details
Author: Eric J. McKee
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9780253356925
ISBN 10: 025335692
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 23 November 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
I think this is an important book for musicians and dance academics alike, since McKee proposes that to understand the musical structures of the minuet and waltz, it is helpful to be aware of the bodily rhythms of the dance upon which they are based and the social contexts in which they were performed. ... McKee's holistic approach illuminates the total experience of all the participants... Highly informative on the importance of dancing at every level of society, and its varying social functions, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. - Dance Europe, July 2012 The author looks at minuet phrasing in the baroque as sentence form and use of hypermeter ... Recommended. Choice, October 2012
"""I think this is an important book for musicians and dance academics alike, since McKee proposes that to understand the musical structures of the minuet and waltz, ""it is helpful to be aware of the bodily rhythms of the dance upon which they are based and the social contexts in which they were performed.""... McKee's holistic approach illuminates the total experience of all the participants... Highly informative on the importance of dancing at every level of society, and its varying social functions, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."" - Dance Europe, July 2012 ""The author looks at minuet phrasing in the baroque as sentence form and use of hypermeter ... Recommended."" Choice, October 2012"
I think this is an important book for musicians and dance academics alike, since McKee proposes that to understand the musical structures of the minuet and waltz, it is helpful to be aware of the bodily rhythms of the dance upon which they are based and the social contexts in which they were performed. ... McKee's holistic approach illuminates the total experience of all the participants... highly informative on the importance of dancing at every level of society, and its varying social functions, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. - Dance Europe, July 2012
Author Information
Eric McKee is Associate Professor of Music Theory at Penn State University. He is a contributor to The Age of Chopin (IUP, 2004), and his articles have appeared in such journals as Music Theory Spectrum, Music Analysis, In Theory Only, College Music Symposium, and Theory and Practice.
