Bibliograph

Uncommon measure, a journey through music, performance, and the science of time, Natalie Hodges

Type

Label

Uncommon measure, a journey through music, performance, and the science of time, Natalie Hodges

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-220)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Uncommon measure

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1238130302

Responsibility statement

Natalie Hodges

Sub title

a journey through music, performance, and the science of time

Summary

"How does time shape consciousness, and consciousness, time? Do we live in time, or does time live in us? And how does music, with its patterns of rhythm and harmony, inform our experience of time? Uncommon Measure: Reflections on Music, Performance, and the Science of Time explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until, crippled by performance anxiety, she was forced to give up her dreams of becoming a career solo violinist. Anchoring her narrative in illuminating research in neuroscience and theories of quantum physics, Hodges traces her own passage through model-minority expectations and examines her immigrant mother's encounters with racism to come to terms with the meaning of a life in music. The lessons she learns enable her to move from anxiety toward acceptance, from rote re-creation toward the freedom of improvisation"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prelude -- Untrainment -- A Sixth Sense : Notes on Improvisation -- Symmetry Breaking -- Chaconne -- The Still Point of the Turning World -- Coda. Memory is a Hologram

Target audience

adult

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