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The Mind's Ear: Exercises to Improve the Musical Imagination for Performers, Composers, and Listeners Bruce Adolphe
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

May 8, 2009 - One composer and a neuroscientist took a stab at answering the age-old question at a performance of a new musical work, "Self Comes to Mind," last Sunday (May 3), at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. I see that many people I know -- listeners and musicians, but certainly listeners -- seem to fasten on a particular period in their musical past that they view as a sort of golden age and remain there. Had recently written linkurl:The Mind's Ear,;http://www.amazon.com/Minds-Ear-Exercises-Imagination-Performers/dp/0918812712 a book that explored ways both musicians and those listening to music could improve their musical imagination. €�When And 20th century composers, prizing the unique melancholy tone of the instrument, helped promote a resurgence of interest in viola music. Apr 22, 2008 - Although the Mingus children were only permitted to listen to devotional music under the elder Mingus's authoritarian house rules, Mingus secretly listened to pianist/composer Duke Ellington's "East St. It's difficult to imagine improving on the unconventional notation of the “Shing Way” section, in which the singers sit in a circle and pass each pitch or figure linearly from one to another (recording here): ShingWay.jpg. Recently named one of the Downbeat recordings of the year, Infinite Blue highlights the infinite talents of performer, composer, improviser and bandleader Patrick Cornelius. Texture involves anything to do with the sound experience and it is the word that is used to describe the overall impression that a piece of music creates in our emotional imagination. Feb 1, 2012 - Something in me felt constrained by the musical format of blues-based rock and I was wanting to explore something more imaginative, so when I heard early recordings of King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Gentle Giant, groups like that, it had a huge impact on my budding musicianhood. The Thornhill band was a jumble of contradictions: it was sweet and hot by turns; progressive and nostalgic—both to an extreme; overtly commercial, yet also aspiring to transform jazz into art music. Recorded with his quartet (Lawrence Fields on piano, . Jan 26, 2010 - I may be out of ideas I haven't expounded, but my file cabinets and hard drives are still chockablock with music that's not in general circulation, and listeners are eager to have their experience widened. Jan 24, 2014 - The Rubin and Brooklyn Museums offered commissions for compositions based on selected artwork (Shaw's choice), and life-changing events and losses stimulated introspection and new music. Gingold “I always had it in my ear that Richard was a violinist with a dark tone and deep vibrato who would sound great as a violist,” he said. Jun 4, 2013 - “The mind reels at the intricacy of his orchestral and developmental techniques. Mar 13, 2014 - Rosand encouraged him to apply to Indiana University's music school, and he auditioned for the famous performer and teacher Josef Gingold, a member of the violin faculty there. If I do no more than satisfy that TravelDream.jpg.