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The Listen

ByPeter GilbertChristopher Jon Honett

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"The arts provide us with opportunities for participation, chances to be creative agents in our own living. In The Listen, nine works from the contemporary composing tradition become nine windows for the curious into the unusual and powerful possibilities of some of the recent music of our culture. What started as a challenge between friends to address certain questions, complaints, and assumptions regarding new music developed into a series of poetic reactions to works the authors simply love—nine examples of what's possible in music. From Louis Andriessen's bombastic drive to the tender atmospheric details of Salvatore Sciarrino, the works addressed span a variety of modern approaches to composition, listening, and existing. The Listen is part new music introduction, part musical philosophy, part practical listening guide, and part pocket-sized manifesto. (Recordings are not included)" [Trevor Hunter, New Music Box]

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Publication Date
Jan 12, 2015
Language
English
Category
Art & Photography
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Peter Gilbert, By (author): Christopher Jon Honett

Specifications

Pages
122
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
Pocket Book (4.25 x 6.875 in / 108 x 175 mm)

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