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Listening Through

Listening Through

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¿People have been writing about music for centuries, finding melodies for words, and words for melodies, or writing about what the music makes them feel. I yearned for something different -- I wanted to know what would happen if I listened through the music, that is, approach the music with an empty mind and let it start talking in me. Practically speaking, I began writing the instant the music began and stopped abruptly when the music ended. That suggested to me the movements within a concerto or symphony, so I turned to the concertos of Mozart for piano. My own musical taste draws me to late romanticism - Bruckner, Mahler, Strauss - and I didn't want my own taste to get in the way. So I turned to the brilliant complexity and rich emotional variegation of Mozart. So one January I kept at it...
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
148
Release Date:
2025-09-24
Publication Date:
2025-09-24
Publisher:
Contra Mundum Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1940625793
ISBN13:
9781940625799
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Weight:
226 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
8 cm
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