Song and Self: A Singer's Reflections on Music and Performance by Dr Ian Bostrid

Description: Song and Self by Dr Ian Bostridge An exceptionally thought-provoking look at music and identity from one of the worlds leading singers. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Accustomed to being centre stage, international award-winning singer Ian Bostridge, like so many performers, spent much of 2020 and 2021 unable to take part in live music. It led him to question an identity previously defined by communicating directly with audiences.This enforced silence allowed Bostridge the opportunity to explore the backstories of some of the many works that he has performed - works such as Claudio Monteverdis seventeenth-century masterpiece Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and Schumanns ever popular song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben. The complex world of a single song by Ravel from the Chansons madecasses has always haunted and unnerved Bostridge, while his immersion in Benjamin Brittens confrontations with death, in life and art, have given him much food for thought.Based on his Berlin Family Lectures, delivered at the University of Chicago in the Spring of 2020, Bostridge guides us on a fascinating journey beneath the surface of these iconic works. His underlying questions as a performer drive the narrative: what does it mean for audiences when a singer inhabits these roles? And what does a performers own identity subtract from or add to the identities inherent in the works themselves? Author Biography Ian Bostridge is universally recognised as one of the greatest Lieder interpreters of today. He has made numerous award-winning recordings of opera and song, and gives recitals regularly throughout Europe, North America and the Far East to outstanding critical acclaim. His books include A Singers Notebook (Faber, 2011) and the award winning Schuberts Winter Journey (Faber, 2016). He was Humanitas Professor of Music at Oxford 2014/15 and has been a regular contributor to newspapers and journals in the UK and US including the Financial Times and the New York Review of Books. Review Praise for Schuberts Winter Journey:The songs are discussed in a series of insightful and gracefully written chapters, each drawing on a vast range of learning in cultural and social history, musicology and psychoanalysis. - Ivan Hewett, Daily TelegraphPraise for A Singers Notebook: This is a consistently lively, learned, urbane and passionate book, once opened not likely to be closed until you have read it all. -BBC Music Magazine Music Books Choice Promotional An exceptionally thought-provoking look at music and identity from one of the worlds leading singers. Details ISBN0571378994 Author Dr Ian Bostridge Pages 128 Publisher Faber & Faber Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780571378999 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-04-06 Imprint Faber & Faber Subtitle A Singers Reflections on Music and Performance Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations integrated colour and b/w AU Release Date 2023-04-06 UK Release Date 2023-04-06 ISBN-10 0571378994 Illustrator Fred Harper Translator Frank McGuinness Birth 1974 Affiliation Associate Professor Position Customer Qualifications PH. D. Edition Description Main DEWEY 780.9 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-07-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142691228;

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