Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208641

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208641

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

SONG LYRICS FOR THE ENGLISH THEATRE 1660-1700: A PERFORMATIVE ANALYSIS. Restoration plays preserve the lyrics of over 1500 songs, ranging from sophisticated pieces set by Purcell to words written to popular ballad tunes. The project will collect the entire corpus of these lyrics and use them as the subject for a performance-oriented analysis, integrating words, music (when it survives) and what can be discovered about stage presentation. Cultural meanings will be established through close contextualisation. Rhetorical theory and the concept of 'musical wit' will be used to relate verbal meanings to musical procedures and both to theatrical presentations of the body.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 30-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $119,826.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

British And Irish | Music | Drama, Theatre And Performance Studies | Performing Arts and Creative Writing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

The performing arts (incl. music, theatre and dance) |

Other Keywords

British And Irish | Drama, Theatre And Performance Studies | Languages and Literature | Music | Performing Arts and Creative Writing | The performing arts (incl. music, theatre and dance) | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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