City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects CUNY Graduate Center 6-2021 The Art of Listening: A Conversational Approach to Lecture Recitals Javor Bracic The Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4383 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact:
[email protected] THE ART OF LISTENING: A CONVERSATIONAL APPROACH TO LECTURE RECITALS By JAVOR BRAČIĆ A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts, The City University of New York 2021 ©2021 JAVOR BRAČIĆ All Rights Reserved ii THE ART OF LISTENING: A CONVERSATIONAL APPROACH TO LECTURE RECITALS by Javor Bračić This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Music in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts. _____________________ ____________________________________ Date Norman Carey Chair of Examining Committee _____________________ ____________________________________ Date Norman Carey Executive Officer Supervisory Committee: Dr. Norman Carey, chair Dr. Joseph N. Straus, advisor Dr. Scott Burnham, first reader Dr. Edward Klorman, reader THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii ABSTRACT The Art of Listening: A Conversational Approach to Lecture Recitals by Javor Bračić Advisor: Joseph N. Straus Lecture recitals as the practice of pairing live music performance with verbal explication have been around since at least the end of the eighteenth century, but research on them is surprisingly scarce despite how ubiquitous they have become.