1st Edition

Translationality in Music

By Karen Bennett Copyright 2027
224 Pages 1 Color & 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 1 Color & 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This is a book about music, more specifically about the experience of music. It is about the physical experience of expressing sounds through an instrument, the cognitive experience of reading a written score as opposed to playing by ear, and also about the more passive experience of listening to music, and the way it affects our body in different ways.   But it is also a book about... Read more

Introduction, PART I: Nothing comes from nothing, 1. Interpreting music, 2.Translational layering, 3. Playing by ear, 4. Covers and remixes, PART II: How newness enters the (musical) world, 5. The nature of musical meaning, 6. Music translates, 7. Music translated, 8. Conclusion, References, Index

Biography

Karen Bennett is Associate Professor in Translation (with Habilitation) at NOVA University of Lisbon and coordinator of the Translationality group at the research unit CETAPS (Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies). She has published widely on translation-related issues and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Translation Matters.