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A sound mind : how I fell in love with classical music (and decided to rewrite its entire history), Paul Morley

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"A soaring polemic, a grumpy reflection on modern music and the love note of a fan, A sound mind rejects the idea that classical music is fusty and old. Instead, this book reveals it to be the most exciting genre in music, its whole sound and history based on the search for "new," which is so lacking (according to Morley) in modern rock music. This is a memoir of Morley's shifting musical tastes, but it's 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 radical relevance of classical music, as well as revealing the hundred tracks that made him fall in love with the genre"--Inside jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
599 pages
Contents
  • The question
  • Into the unknown
  • The learning
  • What brought me here
  • The beginning
  • To The Planets and beyond
  • The playlist
  • A few of my favourite things
  • The writing
  • Finding the right words
  • 1973, the year when
  • A playlist with information; The persistence of memory
  • The string quartet
  • In four parts
  • The obscure
  • Changing direction
  • The piano
  • Light and dark
  • The answer
  • The place where the story stops
  • The coda ... Sound out of sound
  • Music to listen to while reading a book
Isbn
9781408868768
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Label
A sound mind : how I fell in love with classical music (and decided to rewrite its entire history)
Title
A sound mind
Title remainder
how I fell in love with classical music (and decided to rewrite its entire history)
Statement of responsibility
Paul Morley
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A soaring polemic, a grumpy reflection on modern music and the love note of a fan, A sound mind rejects the idea that classical music is fusty and old. Instead, this book reveals it to be the most exciting genre in music, its whole sound and history based on the search for "new," which is so lacking (according to Morley) in modern rock music. This is a memoir of Morley's shifting musical tastes, but it's 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 radical relevance of classical music, as well as revealing the hundred tracks that made him fall in love with the genre"--Inside jacket
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
YDX
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Morley, Paul
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Morley, Paul
  • Morley, Paul
  • Music appreciation
  • Music
  • Rock music
  • Music
  • Musique
  • Rock (Musique)
  • Musique
  • Music
Label
A sound mind : how I fell in love with classical music (and decided to rewrite its entire history), Paul Morley
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The question -- Into the unknown -- The learning -- What brought me here -- The beginning -- To The Planets and beyond -- The playlist -- A few of my favourite things -- The writing -- Finding the right words -- 1973, the year when -- A playlist with information; The persistence of memory -- The string quartet -- In four parts -- The obscure -- Changing direction -- The piano -- Light and dark -- The answer -- The place where the story stops -- The coda ... Sound out of sound -- Music to listen to while reading a book
Control code
1130373213
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
599 pages
Isbn
9781408868768
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1130373213
Label
A sound mind : how I fell in love with classical music (and decided to rewrite its entire history), Paul Morley
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The question -- Into the unknown -- The learning -- What brought me here -- The beginning -- To The Planets and beyond -- The playlist -- A few of my favourite things -- The writing -- Finding the right words -- 1973, the year when -- A playlist with information; The persistence of memory -- The string quartet -- In four parts -- The obscure -- Changing direction -- The piano -- Light and dark -- The answer -- The place where the story stops -- The coda ... Sound out of sound -- Music to listen to while reading a book
Control code
1130373213
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
599 pages
Isbn
9781408868768
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1130373213

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