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My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings of Morton Feldman
by
B. H. Friedman(Editor), Frank O'Hara(Afterword)
Give My Regards to
Eighth Street, a collection of Morton Feldman's writings, gathers numerous
essays, critiques, and speeches from the maverick composer. Feldman was never
one to mince words, and this anthology offers a fascinating glimpse into his
philosophy on music, art, and composing. Whether he criticizes the hype
surrounding Pierre Boulez or reminisces about the genius of John Cage, Feldman's
sharp wit and insights are as mesmerizing as his music.
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Heifetz
As I Knew Him
by Ayke Agus
The life of Ayke Agus, a prominent
violin and piano prodigy from Indonesia, intersected with that of her personal
idol, Jascha Heifetz, when she entered his master class at the University of
Southern California. It was a fateful encounter that led to an often painful
love-hate relationship for some 15 years, with Agus serving as the virtuoso
legend's accompanist and companion. Her memoir gives a new wrinkle to the "warts
and all" approach.
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Mahler
Remembered
by Norman Lebrecht
Music journalism's favorite
muckraker, Norman Lebrecht, is a virtuosic writer. His delectable talents are
apparent even when culling primary sources into an anthology, as he does in this
superb collection of observations by those who had personal contact with Mahler
(enemies as well as advocates). Originally published in the late 1980s,
Mahler Remembered makes a welcome--and attractively priced--comeback in
Faber & Faber's series and is a must for any true Mahlerian.
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The
Wagners : The Dramas of a Musical Dynasty
by Nike Wagner, et
al
The great-granddaughter of a very, very famous man, Nike Wagner is a
music critic and culture writer based in Berlin. The Wagners gives her
own perspective--albeit filtered through a trenchant historical and
psychoanalytical intelligence--on one of the most complicated families this side
of the House of Atreus. Wagner interprets the patriarch's music dramas and then
turns her focus to the Festival's role in his legacy. She addresses head-on the
disturbing realities of Bayreuth in the Third Reich, as well as the visionary
breakthroughs of Wieland's productions, and she considers the Festival's fate as
Wolfgang seeks to control the transition of power.
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Birth
of the Cool : Beat, Bebop, and the American Avant-Garde
by Lewis
MacAdams
Lewis MacAdams, a poet and film historian, explores personal and
political contexts in this photo-friendly, live-wire meditation on the core
concepts of cool, covering the lords of bebop, the action painters, and the
blissed-out Beats. This will offer another perspective on the artistry of jazz
for those intrigued by Ken Burns's recent documentary series.
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The
Cambridge Companion to Ravel (Cambridge Companions to Music)
by
Deborah Mawer(Editor)
This recent addition to Cambridge University
Press's companions to the great composers offers an often illuminating overview
of the life, work, and concerns--including piano, ballet, and exoticism--of
Maurice Ravel. Contributors include Robert Orledge, Mark DeVoto, and Deborah
Mawer, among others; the essays focus on Ravel's aesthetic, his polymorphous
musicality, and his performance styles and reception.
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Mozart Downloads
Following her success as part of the all-out smash cast in last
year's recording of the Handel opera Alcina,
French soprano Natalie Dessay turns to the music of Mozart in her latest effort.
Mozart
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