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dc.contributor.authorJansson, Dag
dc.contributor.authorBalsnes, Anne Haugland
dc.contributor.authorDurrant, Colin
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-21T10:23:37Z
dc.date.available2021-09-21T10:23:37Z
dc.date.created2021-05-03T19:44:38Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-02
dc.identifier.issn1321-103X
dc.identifier.issn1834-5530
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2779817
dc.description.abstractCurious as to why conducting gesture are both acknowledged and ignored by choral singers, this article investigates the enigmatic nature of the act of conducting. Education and research are biased toward gestural aspects of the choral conductor role. At the same time, research shows that gestural skills rank strikingly low compared with other musical skills and interpersonal skills. This study endeavors to unpack this enigma, based on 40 interviews with choral singers and conductors in Norway and Sweden. Taking a phenomenological approach, analysis of the fieldwork reveals that singers are more aware of gesture when something out of the ordinary happens, is unclear, or is even particularly appealing. The enigmatic role of gesture is partly due to conceptual ambiguity—gestures are signals that conductors “do” as well as embody the integral conductor “being.” Moreover, four “enigma busting” contextual dimensions were found: complexity of the music, the irreplaceability of gestures in the specific situation, singers’ receptiveness to gestures, and the gestural proficiency of the conductor. The article points at some implications for education as well as future research.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch Studies in Music Education;
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectBeat patternsen_US
dc.subjectChoral conductingen_US
dc.subjectConductor competenciesen_US
dc.subjectGesturesen_US
dc.subjectPhenomenologyen_US
dc.titleThe gesture enigma: Reconciling the prominence and insignificance of choral conductor gesturesen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s) 2021en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextpreprint
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X211031778
dc.identifier.cristin1907867
dc.source.journalResearch Studies in Music Educationen_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-18en_US


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