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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Main Author: Anton Vishio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2015-09-01
Series:Empirical Musicology Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v10i1-2.4595
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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
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title Empathies of Musical Performance and Understanding
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