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Of Mozart, Parrots, Cherry Blossoms in the Wind: A Composer Explores Mysteries of the Musical Mind

Title : Of Mozart, Parrots, Cherry Blossoms in the Wind: A Composer Explores Mysteries of the Musical Mind
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Rating : 4.95 (800 Votes)
Asin : 0879102861
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 200 Pages
Publish Date : 2015-10-29
Language : English

The composer of four operas as well as chamber music, concertos and orchestral works, Adolphe has written for Itzhak Perlman, David Shifrin, Beaux Arts Trio, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and many other renowned musicians. The exhilarating mix of humor, philosophy, fact and whimsy that marks these essays derives from more than 200 lectures Bruce Adolphe has given over most of the past decade, at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at music festivals around the country. His essays, however divergent their apparent subjects, all serve a common purpose: to deepen our understanding of how music comes to be and how it may be enjoyed.

"Marvelous Musings on Music" according to William Carpenter. This is a collection of essays by Bruce Adolphe, a composer well known for his Piano Puzzlers on NPR's "Performance Today." As the title indicates, Of Mozart, Parrots, Cherry Blossoms in the Wind: A Composer Explores Mysteries of the Musical Mind discuses Mozart (as well as Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, and other composers) and Cherry Blossoms in the Wind, but only one Parrot (though he does include a bonus a. J. Van Zandt said Music is powerful. Beautifully written collection of essays. Highly recommend for just about anyone.. "Looks like a great read" according to Zeta Lady in San Diego. I have more books on my Kindle than I can read at present. Customers purchase books for future reading - or at least I do.

Instead of vaporizing into overgeneralized platitudes, the discussion gets firmly rooted in considerations of specifics. Eliot). In particular, there are precious few composers who can write with insight and lucidity about the trade they have chosen. His attempt to deflate the concept of postmodernism as just another chapter in the anxiety of influence, for example, doesn't fully account for the specific and unique predicament of contemporary composers. --Thomas May. Yet even if we don't get a full meal, such is Adolphe's epigrammatic knack that the hors d'oeuvres are pure pleasure in themselves. The majority of musicians, it seems, are pretty much in the same position as Plato's Homeric rhapsodists: for all the compelling intensity with which they practice their art, whenever

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