Davies, Simon 
ORCID: 0000-0001-5127-4755
(2023).
Tuning this curious harp: composing music that embodies the experience of illness.
University of Birmingham.
M.A.
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Abstract
To be ill is to have first-person, embodied experience of disease. The person becomes dys-embodied. To compose music that explores the experience of illness, I have combined what I have learned from people living with kidney failure with my understanding of music as a profoundly embodied art, to create compositions that intend to bring the listener to a deeper understanding of the experience of illness. To do this I have used several approaches including embodied and blended metaphor, illness narratives and incorporation of text that directly reports the experience of illness.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Masters by Research > M.A.) | |||||||||
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| Award Type: | Masters by Research > M.A. | |||||||||
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| Licence: | All rights reserved All rights reserved All rights reserved All rights reserved All rights reserved All rights reserved All rights reserved All rights reserved All rights reserved All rights reserved | |||||||||
| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Arts & Law | |||||||||
| School or Department: | School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music, Department of Music | |||||||||
| Funders: | None/not applicable | |||||||||
| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > M Music | |||||||||
| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/14206 |
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