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Listen - A History of Our Ears (Hardcover)
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Listen - A History of Our Ears (Hardcover)
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In this intimate meditation on listening, Peter Szendy examines
what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the
centuries. The role of the composer is clear, as is the role of the
musician, but where exactly does the listener stand in relation to
the music s/he listens to? What is the responsibility of the
listener? Does a listener have any rights, as the author and
composer have copyright? Szendy explains his love of musical
arrangement (since arrangements allow him to listen to someone
listening to music), and wonders whether it is possible in other
ways to convey to others how we ourselves listen to music. How can
we share our actual hearing with others?Along the way, he examines
the evolution of copyright laws as applied to musical works and
takes us into the courtroom to examine different debates on what we
are and arenat allowed to listen to, and to witness the fine line
between musical borrowing and outright plagiarism. Finally, he
examines the recent phenomenon of DJs and digital compilations, and
wonders how technology has affected our habits of listening and has
changed listening from a passive exercise to an active one, whereby
one can jump from track to track or play only selected pieces.
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