Ways of Hearing : : Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces / / ed. by Dorothea von Moltke, Marna Seltzer, Scott Burnham.

An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more—from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon—explore the influence of music on their lives and workWhat happens when extraordinary creative spirits—musicians, poet...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 30 b/w illus.
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: A Convocation of Keen Spirits and Vivid Voices --
1. One, Two, Three . . . Infinity --
2. The Joy inside Sorrow --
3. Fidelio’s Echo --
4. Beethoven Invents the Species Again --
5. A Winter Drive --
6. Work Song --
7. Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa --
8. On Chopin’s Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 --
9. leyelP --
10. Jessye Norman Sings “Die Nachtigall” --
11. “Wusuli Boat Song” / “Water Is Wide”: History of a Cross- Cultural Duet --
12. “ Loud Dreaming”: Of Mothers and Sisters and Lessons in Listening --
13. Interval / Notation --
14. A Change Is Gonna Come --
15. See the Music --
16. Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, 1919 --
17. Opera Is Indivisible --
18. Music as a Family Affair --
19. Your Brother Called --
20. Holy Song of Thanks --
21. On Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 130, with the Grosse Fuge --
22. Adagio --
23. A Long Song Log: Ten Entries on Seriality, to the Accompaniment of Charles Mingus’s Black Saint --
24. Ghazal for the End of Time --
25. Spaces for Music --
26. Going Spatial --
Acknowledgments --
List of Contributors --
Index
Summary:An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more—from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon—explore the influence of music on their lives and workWhat happens when extraordinary creative spirits—musicians, poets, critics, and scholars, as well as an architect, a visual artist, a filmmaker, a scientist, and a legendary Supreme Court justice—are asked to reflect on their favorite music? The result is Ways of Hearing, a diverse collection that explores the ways music shapes us and our shared culture. These acts of musical witness bear fruit through personal essays, conversations and interviews, improvisatory meditations, poetry, and visual art. They sound the depths of a remarkable range of musical genres, including opera, jazz, bluegrass, and concert music both classical and contemporary.This expansive volume spans styles and subjects, including Pico Iyer’s meditations on Handel, Arnold Steinhardt’s thoughts on Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, and Laurie Anderson and Edgar Choueiri’s manifesto for spatial music. Richard Powers discusses the one thing about music he’s never told anyone, Daphne Brooks draws sonic connections between Toni Morrison and Cécile McLorin Salvant, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals what she thinks is the sexiest duet in opera. Poems interspersed throughout further expand how we can imagine and respond to music. Ways of Hearing is a book for our times that celebrates the infinite ways music enhances our lives.Contributors include: Laurie Anderson, Jamie Barton, Daphne Brooks, Edgar Choueiri, Jeff Dolven, Gustavo Dudamel, Edward Dusinberre, Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, Frank Gehry, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jane Hirshfield, Pico Iyer, Alexander Kluge, Nathaniel Mackey, Maureen McLane, Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran, Paul Muldoon, Elaine Pagels, Robert Pinsky, Richard Powers, Brian Seibert, Arnold Steinhardt, Susan Stewart, Abigail Washburn, Carrie Mae Weems, Susan Wheeler, C. K. Williams, and Wu Fei.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780691225975
9783110754001
9783110753776
9783110754124
9783110753899
9783110739121
DOI:10.1515/9780691225975?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Dorothea von Moltke, Marna Seltzer, Scott Burnham.