Lebwohl Reconstructions of Death and Leave-Taking in Music |
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| Author:
| Barry, Barbara |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57647-236-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
| Publisher: | Pendragon Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Confrontation; victim; journey - these are the three perspectives that form the basis of the book Lebewohl. Its sections - farewell, absence and return - follow the titles of the movements of Beethoven's Lebewohl piano sonata, and project stances of death and models of mortality in music. As narrative reconstructions, the chapters examine how musical techniques are inflected by the theme, or subtext, of mortality, and through those reconstructions trace the dynamics of desire and...
More DescriptionConfrontation; victim; journey - these are the three perspectives that form the basis of the book Lebewohl. Its sections - farewell, absence and return - follow the titles of the movements of Beethoven's Lebewohl piano sonata, and project stances of death and models of mortality in music. As narrative reconstructions, the chapters examine how musical techniques are inflected by the theme, or subtext, of mortality, and through those reconstructions trace the dynamics of desire and trajectories of loss.