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An edition of Mastering the art of performance (2005)

Mastering the art of performance

a primer for musicians

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In Mastering the Art of Performance: A Primer for Musicians, Stewart Gordon offers seasoned advice to musicians intent on meeting the challenges of performance. Through real-life examples and pre-performance exercises, this accessible manual gives musicians and other performers practicalinsights into every aspect of performance. While other books merely identify and describe the problems associated with performance, this book offers detailed suggestions for solving them.First, Gordon tackles the critical planning and preparatory stages, helping performers to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. The book's easy-to-follow exercises address the self-doubt and anxiety many musicians contend with, helping them to analyze why they perform, set goals and assess thelevel of energy needed to achieve them, and develop a performance philosophy...

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English
Pages
210

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Cover of: Mastering the Art of Performance
Mastering the Art of Performance
2007, Oxford University Press
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Mastering the art of performance: a primer for musicians
2006, Oxford University Press
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Mastering the Art of Performance: A Primer for Musicians
November 18, 2005, Oxford University Press, USA
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Table of Contents

Prelude : defining performance
Assessing yourself, the performer
Achieving a positive mindset toward performance
Why we perform : forging a performance philosophy
Physical support for performance
Conceptualizing and scheduling goals
Keeping preparation fresh and focused
Dealing with repetition and drill
Techniques to develop secure memorization
Insuring quality
Self-regard at the time of performance
Managing stage fright
Dynamics during performance
Evaluation after performance
Performance and human interaction
The career challenge
Physical challenge and performance
Performance careers in retrospect
Postlude : performance and your spiritual life.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.4/3
Library of Congress
ML457 .G66 2006, ML457.G66 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
210

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3397304M
Internet Archive
masteringartofpe0000gord
ISBN 10
0195177436
ISBN 13
9780195177435
LCCN
2005010152
OCLC/WorldCat
59002847
Library Thing
2009068
Goodreads
310127

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