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A Sound Mind
How I Fell in Love with Classical Music (and Decided to Rewrite its Entire History)
Taschenbuch von Paul Morley
Sprache: Englisch

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'Exhilarating' - Sunday Times
'Funny and moving' - Jarvis Cocker

Music critic and writer Paul Morley weaves together memoir and history in a spiralling tale that establishes classical music as the most rebellious genre of all.


Paul Morley had stopped being surprised by modern pop music and found himself retreating into the sounds of artists he loved when, as an emerging music journalist in the 70s, he wrote for NME. But not wishing to give in to dreary nostalgia, endlessly circling back to the bands he wrote about in the past, he went searching for something new, rare and wondrous - and found it in classical music.

A soaring polemic, a grumpy reflection on modern rock, and a fan's love note, A Sound Mind rejects the idea that classical music is establishment; old; a drag. Instead, the book reveals this genre to be the most exciting and varied in music. A Sound Mind is a multi-layered memoir of Morley's shifting musical tastes, but it is also a compelling history of classical music that reveals the genre's rich and often deviant past - and, hopefully, future.

Like a conductor, Morley weaves together timelines and timeframes in an orchestral narrative that declares the transformative and resilient power of classical music from Bach to Shostakovich, Brahms to Birtwistle, Mozart to Cage, travelling from eighteenth century salons to the modern age of Spotify.

'His passion for centuries of music - both celebrated and obscure - is infectious' - Irish Independent
'Exhilarating' - Sunday Times
'Funny and moving' - Jarvis Cocker

Music critic and writer Paul Morley weaves together memoir and history in a spiralling tale that establishes classical music as the most rebellious genre of all.


Paul Morley had stopped being surprised by modern pop music and found himself retreating into the sounds of artists he loved when, as an emerging music journalist in the 70s, he wrote for NME. But not wishing to give in to dreary nostalgia, endlessly circling back to the bands he wrote about in the past, he went searching for something new, rare and wondrous - and found it in classical music.

A soaring polemic, a grumpy reflection on modern rock, and a fan's love note, A Sound Mind rejects the idea that classical music is establishment; old; a drag. Instead, the book reveals this genre to be the most exciting and varied in music. A Sound Mind is a multi-layered memoir of Morley's shifting musical tastes, but it is also a compelling history of classical music that reveals the genre's rich and often deviant past - and, hopefully, future.

Like a conductor, Morley weaves together timelines and timeframes in an orchestral narrative that declares the transformative and resilient power of classical music from Bach to Shostakovich, Brahms to Birtwistle, Mozart to Cage, travelling from eighteenth century salons to the modern age of Spotify.

'His passion for centuries of music - both celebrated and obscure - is infectious' - Irish Independent
Über den Autor
Writer, critic and broadcaster Paul Morley grew up in Stockport. He was a founding member of the electronic ensemble Art of Noise, collaborated with Grace Jones on her best-selling memoirs and was an artistic advisor for the David Bowie Is exhibition at the V & A. He is the author of a number of books on music as well as two acclaimed memoirs, Nothing and The North.
Zusammenfassung
From Elton John's autobiography to Prince's The Beautiful Ones, the current bestselling titles in music are nostalgic - and Morley, who used to write for NME in its heyday, taps into that
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 599
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781408868782
ISBN-10: 1408868784
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 288274
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Morley, Paul
Hersteller: Bloomsbury UK
Maße: 198 x 132 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Morley
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,5 kg
preigu-id: 119629701
Über den Autor
Writer, critic and broadcaster Paul Morley grew up in Stockport. He was a founding member of the electronic ensemble Art of Noise, collaborated with Grace Jones on her best-selling memoirs and was an artistic advisor for the David Bowie Is exhibition at the V & A. He is the author of a number of books on music as well as two acclaimed memoirs, Nothing and The North.
Zusammenfassung
From Elton John's autobiography to Prince's The Beautiful Ones, the current bestselling titles in music are nostalgic - and Morley, who used to write for NME in its heyday, taps into that
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 599
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781408868782
ISBN-10: 1408868784
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 288274
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Morley, Paul
Hersteller: Bloomsbury UK
Maße: 198 x 132 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Morley
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,5 kg
preigu-id: 119629701
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