Silence, Music, Silent MusicNicky Losseff, Jennifer Ruth Doctor Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 M01 1 - 253 pages In this book, different disciplines - history, music analysis, psychology, cognition, performance practices, social practices, music therapy, religious studies, philosophy - intersect in considering the multiplicity of relationships that exist between music and silence. |
Contents
List of Illustrations and Music Examples | 3 |
The Texture of Silence | 15 |
5 | 29 |
Faith Silence and Darkness Entwined in Messiaens | 37 |
Olivier Messiaens | 53 |
1 | 60 |
Contemplating Silences and Cinematic Death | 69 |
Film Sound Music and the Art of Silence | 87 |
Some Noisy Ruminations on Susan Sontags Aesthetics of Silence | 127 |
Preliminary Thoughts About Silence in Early Western Chant | 141 |
4 | 147 |
The Communicative Rest | 155 |
1 | 157 |
Silence Music and Communication | 169 |
Silent Music and the Eternal Silence | 205 |
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