A unique contribution to an emerging field, this book explores musical strategies of organization as viable alternative means of organizing theatrical work. It includes insightful essays by a group of international contributors and interviews with important practitioners, shedding light on historical and theoretical aspects of composed theatre.
David Roesner is professor of theatre and music theatre at the LMU Munich. He previously worked at the universities of Hildesheim, Exeter and Kent. Recent publications include Theatre Noise: The Sound of Performance (with Lynne Kendrick, CSP, 2011), Composed Theatre: Aesthetics, Practices, Processes (with Matthias Rebstock, Intellect, 2012) and his latest monograph Musicality in Theatre: Music as Model, Method and Metaphor in Theatre-Making (Ashgate 2014). For a full list of publications and projects, see http://mhn.academia.edu/DavidRoesner.