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Pierre Boulez was appointed to the College de France in 1976, with
the chair devoted to 'Invention, technique and language in Music',
and he held his position until 1995. The publication of his
extraordinary College de France lectures, his most significant
writings from the 1970s to the 1990s, will make a major
contribution to the discussion in English about Boulez's aesthetic
legacy. His goal in Lecons de musique is to express his conception
of musical language, laid out over the course of nearly twenty
years of lecturing. He is thinking about the possible paths musical
thought could take, as well as the musical legacy of the past In
addition to composers, music historians, theorists, and music
students, this book will be invaluable to those interested in the
history and aesthetics of 20th century music, musical
manifestations of artistic modernism, the history of ideas, and
French intellectual and cultural history. Faber have been Pierre
Boulez's publisher since 1986 - previous books include
Orientations, Boulez on Music Today and Boulez on Conducting.
'Boulez's achievements in changing every part of the fabric of
classical musical culture all over the world are indelible.' Tom
Service, Guardian
Bringing together Canadian, American, and British scholars, this
volume explores the relationship between modernism and modern
celebrity culture. In support of the collection's overriding thesis
that modern celebrity and modernism are mutually determining
phenomena, the contributors take on a range of transatlantic
canonical and noncanonical figures, from the expected (Virginia
Woolf and F. Scott Fitzgerald) to the surprising (Elvis and
Hitler). Illuminating case studies are balanced by the volume's
attentiveness to broader issues related to modernist aesthetics, as
the contributors consider celebrity in relationship to identity,
commodification, print culture, personality, visual cultures, and
theatricality. As the first book to read modernism and celebrity in
the context of the crises of individual agency occasioned by the
emergence of mass-mediated culture, Modernist Star Maps argues that
the relationship between modernism and the popular is unthinkable
without celebrity. Moreover, celebrity's strange evolution during
the twentieth century is unimaginable without the intercession of
modernism's system of cultural value. This innovative collection
opens new avenues for understanding celebrity not only for
modernist scholars but for critical theorists and cultural studies
scholars.
Bringing together Canadian, American, and British scholars, this
volume explores the relationship between modernism and modern
celebrity culture. In support of the collection's overriding thesis
that modern celebrity and modernism are mutually determining
phenomena, the contributors take on a range of transatlantic
canonical and noncanonical figures, from the expected (Virginia
Woolf and F. Scott Fitzgerald) to the surprising (Elvis and
Hitler). Illuminating case studies are balanced by the volume's
attentiveness to broader issues related to modernist aesthetics, as
the contributors consider celebrity in relationship to identity,
commodification, print culture, personality, visual cultures, and
theatricality. As the first book to read modernism and celebrity in
the context of the crises of individual agency occasioned by the
emergence of mass-mediated culture, Modernist Star Maps argues that
the relationship between modernism and the popular is unthinkable
without celebrity. Moreover, celebrity's strange evolution during
the twentieth century is unimaginable without the intercession of
modernism's system of cultural value. This innovative collection
opens new avenues for understanding celebrity not only for
modernist scholars but for critical theorists and cultural studies
scholars.
Using the science of sound healing for higher consciousness,
stronger relationships, planetary oneness, and physical and
emotional healing
- Offers exercises with breath, tone, sacred vowel sounds, and the
chanted Bija Mantras to activate and balance the chakras for
greater health and harmony
- Shows how to practice sound healing individually or with a
partner to enhance communication, reduce stress, and create inner
balance and peace
- Includes a 60-minute CD of the sounds, mantras, and vocal
exercises in the book for beginning a personal or partnered healing
sound practice
- Previous edition won the Best Book in Alternative Health Award
from the Coalition of Visionary Resources
As both ancient spiritual masters and modern quantum physicists
acknowledge, the universe is vibration. Through sound and its
ability to communicate with our chakras and subtle body, we can tap
into the vibration of the universe for greater harmony and stronger
relationships; physical, emotional, and spiritual healing; expanded
consciousness; and planetary oneness.
In this step-by-step guide, sound healing pioneer Jonathan Goldman
and his wife, holistic psychotherapist Andi Goldman, reveal
specific ways the voice can resonate the physical and subtle
bodies, including 7 powerful chanted Bija Mantras and sacred vowel
sounds to balance and align the chakras. Providing exercises with
breath, tone, mantras, and seed sounds, the authors show how to
practice sound healing either individually or with a partner to
strengthen relationships, reach deeper emotional levels, enhance
communication, reduce stress, achieve inner balance, and create
harmony with those around you as well as the whole planet. The
accompanying 60-minute CD offers correct pronunciation and examples
of the Bija Mantras, sacred vowels, seed sounds, and vocal
exercises in the book as well as recordings of Pythagorean tuning
forks, crystal bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, and Tibetan bells,
providing the perfect backdrop for beginning a personal or
partnered healing sound practice.
Showcases the energy and diversity of the young field of music
semiology, appealing to readers who want to explore the meaning of
music in our lives. The Dawn of Music Semiology showcases the work
of nine leading musicologists, inspired by the work of Jean-Jacques
Nattiez, the founding father of music semiology. Now entering its
fifth decade as Nattiez enters his eighth,music semiology, or music
semiotics, is still a young, vibrant field, and this book reflects
its energy and diversity. It appeals to readers wanting to explore
the meaning of music in our lives and to understand the ways of
appreciating the complexities that lie behind its simple beauty and
direct impact on us. Following a preface by Pierre Boulez and an
introduction by the editors, nine chapters discuss the latest
thinking about general considerations such as music and gesture,
the psychology of music, and the role of ethnotheory. The volume
offers new research on topics as diverse as modeling folk
polyphony, spatialization in the Darmstadt repertoire, Schenker's
theory of musical content, compositional modernism from Wagner to
Boulez, current music theory terminology, and Maderna's use of folk
music in serial composition. CONTRIBUTORS: Kofi Agawu, Simha Arom,
Rossana Dalmonte, Irene Deliege, Jonathan Dunsby, Jonathan Goldman,
Nicolas Meeus, Jean Molino, Arnold Whittall Jonathan Dunsby is
Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music,
University of Rochester. Jonathan Goldman is Professor of
Musicology at the University of Montreal.
New edition of the classic guidebook on sound healing * Presents a
step-by-step process of vibrational activation using sacred and
healing sounds and explains in detail how to perform vocal
harmonics to transform and heal * Shares many easy-to-follow sound
healing exercises, such as "Vowels as Mantras" for chakra chanting
and "Overtoning," a powerful sound healing technique * Offers more
than 100 minutes of exclusive audio downloads featuring recordings
of sound healing exercises, guided meditations, and sonic excerpts
to help you experience and embody the power of harmonics In this
30th anniversary edition of the classic guidebook on sound healing,
internationally recognized master teacher Jonathan Goldman presents
a step-by-step process of vibrational activation using sacred and
healing sounds. Sharing many easy-to-follow sound healing
exercises, such as "Vowels as Mantras" and "Overtoning," Goldman
explains in detail how to perform vocal harmonics--a form of
overtone chanting--and experience their transformative and healing
powers. He shows how harmonics can be used as sonic yoga for
meditation and deep relaxation as well as to enhance energy and
resonate the chakras, the energy centers of the body. Exploring the
vibrational principles that underlie the framework of the universe,
including frequency and resonance, Goldman explains how harmonics
represent the colors of sound and affect us on all levels, bridging
body, mind, and spirit. He explores mantra and chakra chanting,
sacred vowels, vocal toning, conscious listening, cymatics, sonic
shamanism, magical incantations, and many other vibrational and
sound healing techniques. Providing the basis for how and why sound
can heal and transform, this new 30th anniversary edition of
Healing Sounds also offers more than 100 minutes of exclusive audio
downloads featuring recordings of sound healing exercises, guided
meditations, and sonic excerpts to help you experience and embody
the power of harmonics.
The effect of sound is unquestionably powerful, with a remarkable
ability to heal and restore balance from the inside to out. By
breaking down scientific principles and studies into accessible,
understandable and applicable wisdoms and techniques, sound healing
pioneer Jonathan Goldman reveals how sound can be used as personal
vibrational therapy for your mind, body and spirit. Journey into
the realm of sound through learning: - the basic principles of
vibration - the importance of your intent - the uniqueness of sound
to everyone - the importance of silence -our own voice's healing
properties - the diverse healing applications of sound - the
global, all-encompassing effect of sound Practical information and
exercises provide an interactive understanding of using sound as a
healing modality, while Goldman's exploration of a variety of
ancient and modern techniques will guide you into living a more
harmonious life. Goldman's guided meditations and exercises in his
free audio download are specifically designed to enhance your
relaxation and healing, helping to bring the seven core secrets of
sound healing into your heart and home.
In this guide to conscious humming, Jonathan and Andi Goldman show
that you do not need to be a musician or singer to benefit from
sound healing practices - all you need to do is hum. They provide
conscious humming and breathing exercises from simple to advanced,
complete with online examples, allowing you to experience the
powerful vibratory resonance that humming can create and harness
its healing benefits for body, mind, and spirit. They explore the
science behind sound healing, revealing how self-created sounds can
literally rearrange molecular structure and how humming not only
helps with stress levels, sleep, and blood pressure but also
increases lymphatic circulation and melatonin production, releases
endorphins, creates new neural pathways in the brain, and releases
nitric oxide, a neurotransmitter fundamental to health and
well-being. The authors show how sound can act as a triggering
mechanism for the manifestation of your conscious intentions. They
also examine the spiritual use of humming, including its use as a
sonic yoga technique and its role in many world traditions, such as
the Om, Aum, or Hum of Hindu and Tibetan traditions.
Making the case that legal issues are central to James Joyce's life
and work, international experts in law and literature offer new
insights into Joyce's most important texts. They analyze Dubliners,
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Giacomo Joyce, Ulysses,
and Finnegans Wake in light of the legal contexts of Joyce's day.
The phenomenon of celebrity burst upon the world scene about a
century ago, as movies and modern media brought exceptional,
larger-than-life personalities before the masses. During the same
era, modernist authors were creating works that defined high
culture in our society and set aesthetics apart from the middle-
and low-brow culture in which celebrity supposedly resides. To
challenge this ingrained dichotomy between modernism and celebrity,
Jonathan Goldman offers a provocative new reading of early
twentieth-century culture and the formal experiments that
constitute modernist literature's unmistakable legacy. He argues
that the literary innovations of the modernists are indeed best
understood as a participant in the popular phenomenon of
celebrity.
Presenting a persuasive argument as well as a chronicle of
modernism's and celebrity's shared history, Modernism Is the
Literature of Celebrity begins by unraveling the uncanny syncretism
between Oscar Wilde's writings and his public life. Goldman
explains that Wilde, in shaping his instantly identifiable public
image, provided a model for both literary and celebrity cultures in
the decades that followed. In subsequent chapters, Goldman traces
this lineage through two luminaries of the modernist canon, James
Joyce and Gertrude Stein, before turning to the cinema of mega-star
Charlie Chaplin. He investigates how celebrity and modernism
intertwine in the work of two less obvious modernist subjects, Jean
Rhys and John Dos Passos. Turning previous criticism on its head,
Goldman demonstrates that the authorial self-fashioning particular
to modernism and generated by modernist technique helps create
celebrity as we now know it.
Making the case that legal issues are central to James Joyce's life
and work, international experts in law and literature offer new
insights into Joyce's most important texts. They analyze Dubliners,
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Giacomo Joyce, Ulysses,
and Finnegans Wake in light of the legal contexts of Joyce's day.
Topics include marriage laws, the Aliens Act of 1905, laws
governing display and use of language, minority rights debates,
municipal self-government, and regulations on alcohol consumption
and licensing. This volume also highlights Joyce's own fascination
with law and legal inquiry, his use of a "trademark" visual and
linguistic style, the obscenity cases brought against Ulysses, and
how copyright has affected publication of Joyce's work. These
discussions show how reading Joyce alongside the law enriches both
legal studies and literary scholarship.
An innovative contribution to music history, cultural studies, and
sound studies, Avant-garde on Record revisits post-war composers
and their technologically-oriented brand of musical modernism. It
describes how a broad range of figures (including Pierre Boulez,
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Henri Pousseur, Toshirō Mayuzumi, Claire
Schapira, Anthony Braxton and Gunther Schuller) engaged with
avant-garde aesthetics while responding to a rapidly changing,
technologically fuelled, spatialized audio culture. Jonathan
Goldman focuses on how contemporary listeners understood these
composers' works in the golden age of LPs and explores how this
reception was mediated through consumer-oriented sound technology
that formed a prism through which listeners processed the 'music of
their time'. His account reveals unexpected aspects of
twentieth-century audio culture: from sonic ping-pong to son et
lumière shows, from Venetian choral music by Stravinsky to the
soundscape of Niagara Falls, from a Buddhist Cantata to an LP
boxset cast as a parlour game.
Pierre Boulez is arguably the most influential composer of the
second half of the twentieth century. Here, Jonathan Goldman
provides a fresh appraisal of the composer's music, demonstrating
how understanding the evolution of Boulez's ideas on musical form
is an important step towards evaluating his musical thought
generally. The theme of form arising from a grammar of oppositions
- the legacy of structuralism - serves as a common thread in
Boulez's output, and testifies to the constancy of Boulez's thought
over and above his several notable aesthetic and stylistic changes.
This book lends a voice to the musical works by using the writings
- particularly the mostly untranslated collected College de France
lectures (1976-95) - to comment on them. It also uses five musical
works from the post-1975 period to exemplify concepts developed in
Boulez's writings, presenting a vivid portrait of Boulez's
extremely varied production.
The phenomenon of celebrity burst upon the world scene about a
century ago, as movies and modern media brought exceptional,
larger-than-life personalities before the masses. During the same
era, modernist authors were creating works that defined high
culture in our society and set aesthetics apart from the middle-
and low-brow culture in which celebrity supposedly resides. To
challenge this ingrained dichotomy between modernism and celebrity,
Jonathan Goldman offers a provocative new reading of early
twentieth-century culture and the formal experiments that
constitute modernist literature's unmistakable legacy. He argues
that the literary innovations of the modernists are indeed best
understood as a participant in the popular phenomenon of celebrity.
Presenting a persuasive argument as well as a chronicle of
modernism's and celebrity's shared history, Modernism Is the
Literature of Celebrity begins by unraveling the uncanny syncretism
between Oscar Wilde's writings and his public life. Goldman
explains that Wilde, in shaping his instantly identifiable public
image, provided a model for both literary and celebrity cultures in
the decades that followed. In subsequent chapters, Goldman traces
this lineage through two luminaries of the modernist canon, James
Joyce and Gertrude Stein, before turning to the cinema of mega-star
Charlie Chaplin. He investigates how celebrity and modernism
intertwine in the work of two less obvious modernist subjects, Jean
Rhys and John Dos Passos. Turning previous criticism on its head,
Goldman demonstrates that the authorial self-fashioning particular
to modernism and generated by modernist technique helps create
celebrity as we now know it.
Pierre Boulez is arguably the most influential composer of the
second half of the twentieth century. Here, Jonathan Goldman
provides a fresh appraisal of the composer's music, demonstrating
how understanding the evolution of Boulez's ideas on musical form
is an important step towards evaluating his musical thought
generally. The theme of form arising from a grammar of oppositions
- the legacy of structuralism - serves as a common thread in
Boulez's output, and testifies to the constancy of Boulez's thought
over and above his several notable aesthetic and stylistic changes.
This book lends a voice to the musical works by using the writings
- particularly the mostly untranslated collected College de France
lectures (1976-95) - to comment on them. It also uses five musical
works from the post-1975 period to exemplify concepts developed in
Boulez's writings, presenting a vivid portrait of Boulez's
extremely varied production.
The effect of sound is unquestionably powerful, with a remarkable
ability to heal and restore balance from the inside to out. By
breaking down scientific principles and studies into accessible,
understandable, and applicable wisdoms and techniques, sound
healing pioneer Jonathan Goldman reveals how sound can be used as
personal vibrational therapy for your mind, body, and spirit.
Journey into the realm of sound through learning: * the basic
principles of vibration * the importance of your intent * the
uniqueness of sound to everyone * the importance of silence * our
own voice's healing properties * the diverse healing applications
of sound * the global, all-encompassing effect of sound Practical
information and exercises provide an interactive understanding of
using sound as a healing modality, while Goldman's exploration of a
variety of ancient and modern techniques will guide you into living
a more harmonious life. Goldman's guided meditations and exercises
in his free audio download are specifically designed to enhance
your relaxation and healing, helping to bring the seven core
secrets of sound healing into your heart and home.
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