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Sto caricando le informazioni... Blue Self-Portrait (2009)di Noémi Lefebvre
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. "Blue Self-Portrait" takes its title from a painting by Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) who is best known for his early atonal works such as Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) (1899) and Pierrot Lunaire (1912) and for his later development & formalization of so-called "12-tone music" which did not compose in the conventional classical music key signatures and instead worked with themes of 12-tone rows where each note of the chromatic scale was treated equally. Although the style became somewhat of a dead end for classical music in that it became so esoteric that many composers & audiences eventually sought simpler classical forms or even reduced forms such as minimalism for their listening enjoyment, Schoenberg's innovations and his historical importance cannot be overrated and they are still part of most contemporary composers' journeys to study and adapt & utilize aspects of them. Lefebvre's portrait in its turn takes Schonberg's painting as a point of reference for a stream-of-consciousness journey which takes place in the mind of an unnamed narrator while on her journey with her sister back from Berlin to Paris where they have been attending concerts and galleries. The narrator has also had a liaison with a German-American pianist-composer who is in the process of composing a work which is also called "Blue Self-Portrait." The narrator's own story mixes both long and short-term flashbacks to the recent Berlin trip and to her earlier life. That itself is another "Blue Self-Portrait." All of this may sound overly artsy and self-referentially cultural but the overall tone of this is often humorous and self-deprecating. I am often attracted to writing that is built around music and composition so obviously some personal bias goes into my assessment here. The energy and spirit of it was unexpected though and made for even greater enjoyment. This is my first read of the 2017 Republic of Consciousness Prize shortlist of 6 books selected prior to the final awarding on March 20, 2018. The R of C Prize is a unique award for independent publishers which is partially crowd-funded. One of the perks includes copies of each of the shortlisted works. See and read more about the Prize at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/republic-of-consciousness-2017-the-prize-fund... nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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On a flight from Berlin to Paris, a woman haunted by composer Arnold Schoenberg's self-portrait reflects on her romantic encounter with a pianist. Obsessive, darkly comic, and full of angst, Blue Self-Portrait unfolds among Berlin's cultural institutions, but is located in the mid-air flux between contrary impulses, with repetitions and variations that explore the possibilities and limitations of art, history, and connection. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Here's one for all of you who feel the same way: this is just fucking great, and more than worthy to sit alongside the other living representatives of this tradition. Congratulations to Sophie Lewis on the translation. I hope to see more Lefebvre in English soon. ( )