Empathies of Musical Performance and Understanding
In my commentary on Erin Heisel's thought-provoking essay, I explore alternative responses to the masterclass she describes. I propose expanding the kinds of empathy that might be most useful to performers to include cognitive empathy, while suggesting ways in which an empathy of identification...
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description | In my commentary on Erin Heisel's thought-provoking essay, I explore alternative responses to the masterclass she describes. I propose expanding the kinds of empathy that might be most useful to performers to include cognitive empathy, while suggesting ways in which an empathy of identification can be problematic. I consider as well expansions to her definition of empathy to engage considerations of musical structure and embodiment, and I close with a proposal to expand Heisel's pedagogical techniques into situations where empathy may be hardest to find. |
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spelling | doaj.art-552702a1292e4bcbbf7157cf2fe2a7762022-12-21T17:58:04ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesEmpirical Musicology Review1559-57492015-09-01101-211612010.18061/emr.v10i1-2.4595Empathies of Musical Performance and UnderstandingAnton Vishio0William Paterson UniversityIn my commentary on Erin Heisel's thought-provoking essay, I explore alternative responses to the masterclass she describes. I propose expanding the kinds of empathy that might be most useful to performers to include cognitive empathy, while suggesting ways in which an empathy of identification can be problematic. I consider as well expansions to her definition of empathy to engage considerations of musical structure and embodiment, and I close with a proposal to expand Heisel's pedagogical techniques into situations where empathy may be hardest to find.https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v10i1-2.4595cognitive empathyembodimentperformance |
spellingShingle | Anton Vishio Empathies of Musical Performance and Understanding Empirical Musicology Review cognitive empathy embodiment performance |
title | Empathies of Musical Performance and Understanding |
title_full | Empathies of Musical Performance and Understanding |
title_fullStr | Empathies of Musical Performance and Understanding |
title_full_unstemmed | Empathies of Musical Performance and Understanding |
title_short | Empathies of Musical Performance and Understanding |
title_sort | empathies of musical performance and understanding |
topic | cognitive empathy embodiment performance |
url | https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v10i1-2.4595 |
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