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The Corporal Disposition of Viola Playing
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Chang, Chih-Chao
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274644759
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Year and Degree
2010, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
Abstract
The Corporal Disposition of Viola Playing is a documentation of a somatic method for improving physical and mental function while playing the viola. This method is created by an Austrian violist (Prof. Wincor) who believes that the restricted movements and unnecessary tension that an instrumentalist has built up through daily practice can be released by restoring the freedom and expression to the body, which results not only in a better corporal disposition i.e. stage manner, but also in a more effortless execution of instrumental technique. Her theory is a combination of the eastern esoteric Tai-Chi and her own discovery of imitating selected ancient and modern statues, as well as paintings of religious and mythological subjects; integrating all small, detailed movements into a one big whole.
Committee
Edward Adelson (Advisor)
Catharine Carroll, DMA (Committee Member)
Paul Robinson, DMA (Committee Member)
Pages
82 p.
Subject Headings
Music
Keywords
somatic theory
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Chang, C.-C. (2010).
The Corporal Disposition of Viola Playing
[Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274644759
APA Style (7th edition)
Chang, Chih-Chao.
The Corporal Disposition of Viola Playing.
2010. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274644759.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Chang, Chih-Chao. "The Corporal Disposition of Viola Playing." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274644759
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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